Building identity and promoting science
The head of the National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents has stated that the 5th International Noor Student competition aims to identify special talents among students, guide students, build identity, and create a proper environment for networking.
MSTF Media reports:
During a press conference for the 5th Annual Noor Student Competition: In commemoration of Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, Elham Yavari, head of the International Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (SAMPAD) stated that “SAMPAD, as a representative of the Ministry of Education, will cooperate in this event.”
“We are in charge of developing students’ special talents,” Yavari stated.
Pointing to the execution of four critical measures in this regard, Yavari stated, “identification of exceptional talents, guiding students, building identity and creating a proper environment for networking are some of the measures being carried out and we will help to put students’ ideas into practice.
“We care about students’ lifestyle and those teenagers who pass their identity-building course matter to us,” She contended:
Further, Seyed Ali Omrani, administrative manager of Mustafa
Science and Technology Foundation held, “our goal is that actors in science and technology find a unified voice in the Islamic World.”
“SAMPAD is a pioneer in this regard and we hope that this cooperation will create a distinguished community in the academic field and in the international field. Other organizations have also cooperated in this competition in order to increase participation,” Omrani added.
The administrative manager of Mustafa
Science and Technology Foundation also contended that “accreditation is one of the most important missions of the Foundation. For instance, Mustafa
Prize introduces science and technology role models to the world. It promotes the capabilities of the leaders of science and technology and presents a discourse of science and technology.”
In this press conference, Hazem Faripour, the secretary of the Noor school student competition, stated that the Noor competition, by requiring the competitors to create one-minute videos, builds a dynamic circle of scientific competition among students.
“Mustafa
Science and Technology Foundation planned an event called Noor school student competition with the approach of making 60-second scientific and educational videos with an aim to give hope, create identity and promote science among the youth of the Islamic world and also create an opportunity for the participation of educational and scientific centers,” he added.
The secretary of the Noor school student competition also maintained that “in the past, the Competition was held with the participation of nearly 17,000 students from 11 countries, including Morocco, Algeria, Malaysia, India, Turkey, Iraq, Tanzania, Tunisia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran requiring competitors to recording short videos of their scientific experiments.”
“In this round of the competition, 777 works from South Africa, France, Jordan, Turkey and Iran have reached us. Also, the deadline for submission of works was July 22nd, which was extended to August 16th, considering that the event is held virtually and many students were unaware of the call to the competition,” Faripour noted.
The secretary of the 5th Noor school student competition said that this round of the competition includes making 60-second videos with the general theme of “experiments and vision and visual errors” and the special theme of “creating real and practical models for mathematical concepts.” Selected top 100 works of the general category and three selected works of the special category will be awarded. There will also be special gratitude for research institutes and schools with the most participants.
