Noor competition: An initiative to speed up progress in Islamic civilization
The Head of the School Students’ Islamic Associations considered Noor school student competition a window of opportunity to encourage students to conduct various scientific experiments, which will impact the Islamic civilization positively.
MSTF Media reports:
Hossein Tarikhi, Head of the School Students’ Islamic Associations, said that Noor school student competition, which is held in recognition and commemoration of different influential scientific figures, aims to set the scientific luminaries of the Islamic world as inspiring examples [for the students]. This will have a great impact on the Islamic civilization.
“This competition familiarizes the school students with the scientists of the Islamic world. Students will be informed about the scientists who have had influential roles in the Islamic societies,” he added.
Tarikhi touched upon the goals and details of Noor competition, stating that “Noor school student competition, as one of the events organized by the Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation (MSTF), is held to raise hopes, create new horizons, and make different views in science among students.”
Pointing out that Noor competition has been designed and held with the aim of having students gain a different perspective on science and technology, Tarikhi said: “This competition is a unique opportunity to inspire students to perform different scientific experiments and submit the results of their experiments to the competition secretariat in the form of one-minute video clips.”
He said that Noor competition takes the students’ talents into serious consideration so that they can, in addition to discovering their own talents in different fields, get acquainted with scientific luminaries of the world and their achievements.
Noor school student competition is held annually as an MSTF event among school students, which pursues the aim of playing a role in motivating the adolescent generation of the Islamic world, broadening new horizons in science and technology, and helping outstanding talents to burgeon.
One of the goals of Noor competition is to expand students’ level of activities so as to provide more students with an opportunity to stand out with the sweat of perfection in the future; this is fulfilled through generating motivation among students.
The 4th round of Noor competition, in recognition of professor Omar Yaghi, the 2015 Mustafa Prize laureate, began in August 2019. In this round, the students were to create 60-second scientific video clips of their conducting experiments in various fields of materials and energy.
Due to the Coronavirus outbreak and the absence of students in schools, the deadline was extended to late August 2020, and special measures were also adopted for this round of the competition. Familial registration (the enrolment of the students and their families) was conducted from May 21, 2020 in compliance with medical advice and healthcare guidelines proposed by the WHO and I. R. I. Ministry of Health and Medical Education, which included social distancing and dispersal of gatherings. Any student, as the head of the team, could participate in the competition from home along with his/her family members.
In this round of Noor competition, 2409 students in forms of 1087 teams participated, submitting 691 video clips to the secretariat. These participants are students from six countries, including Morocco, Algeria, Malaysia, India, Afghanistan, and Iran.
The selection process is currently underway and soon the closing ceremony of the 4th round of the Noor school student competition, in recognition of Professor Omar Yaghi, the 2015 Mustafa Prize laureate, will be held.
