Five Qatar students won the bronze award for “Outstanding NXplorers Student Team” and were recognised globally at the virtual Shell 2020 inaugural NXplorers Recognition Awards ceremony.
The ceremony was a worldwide celebration and recognition of Shell NXplorers participants enrolled since 2018.
The NXplorers contest received over 150 nominations worldwide, and Qatar students were recognised for being an inspiring example of how to solve real problems despite the challenges of the pandemic.
This year, 566 Grade 7 and 9 students participated in the NXplorers workshops to be shortlisted to 10 selected schools across Qatar.
NXplorers training from the UK was provided to 29 teachers, eight representatives from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, and six Qatar Scientific Club members.
It resulted in a remarkable 115 creative ideas being proposed by the students, with 85 projects successfully uploaded on the NXplorers Collaboration Space, a platform for students participating in the programme from over 17 countries to share their challenges, connect with other teams, and share progress on their solutions.
“With NXplorers, we are encouraging the youth to pursue and build on their STEM knowledge and skills to make informed decisions for today and tomorrow,” said Hussain al-Hijji, general manager (External and Government Relations) at Qatar Shell.
"We have been always committed to building strategic partnerships with big companies which support STEM education methodology, as we believe that the future requires building and promoting research skills and scientific innovations, since this is what the ministry’s current strategy aims to achieve," said Fawziya al-Khater, the assistant undersecretary for educational affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
STEM is short for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The ceremony was a worldwide celebration and recognition of Shell NXplorers participants enrolled since 2018.
The NXplorers contest received over 150 nominations worldwide, and Qatar students were recognised for being an inspiring example of how to solve real problems despite the challenges of the pandemic.
This year, 566 Grade 7 and 9 students participated in the NXplorers workshops to be shortlisted to 10 selected schools across Qatar.
NXplorers training from the UK was provided to 29 teachers, eight representatives from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, and six Qatar Scientific Club members.
It resulted in a remarkable 115 creative ideas being proposed by the students, with 85 projects successfully uploaded on the NXplorers Collaboration Space, a platform for students participating in the programme from over 17 countries to share their challenges, connect with other teams, and share progress on their solutions.
“With NXplorers, we are encouraging the youth to pursue and build on their STEM knowledge and skills to make informed decisions for today and tomorrow,” said Hussain al-Hijji, general manager (External and Government Relations) at Qatar Shell.
"We have been always committed to building strategic partnerships with big companies which support STEM education methodology, as we believe that the future requires building and promoting research skills and scientific innovations, since this is what the ministry’s current strategy aims to achieve," said Fawziya al-Khater, the assistant undersecretary for educational affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
STEM is short for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.