JEDDAH: A total of 356 male and female students won prizes for the King Abdul Aziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness’ (Mawhiba) Bebras challenge.
The contest, held in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, is an international initiative that seeks to promote informatics and computational thinking among school students of all ages.
Participants are usually supervised by teachers who may integrate the Bebras challenge in their teaching activities.
The Kingdom launched the experimental version of the challenge in 2019 in which only 73 schools took part. However, this year more than 3,370 public, private and international schools participated in the contest.
According to results, 60 male and female students won gold, 108 students clinched silver medals and 189 won bronze.
The Bebras competitions are made of a set of short online problems called Bebras Tasks. The tasks are fun, engaging and based on problems that computer scientists often meet and enjoy solving.
Dr. Saud bin Said Al-Mathami, secretary-general of Mawhiba, urged parents of students to help nurture their talents. “Don’t get bored of their queries,” he said.
He said Bebras is one of the several tools Mawhiba is using to identify talented students.
356 Saudi students win Bebras Mawhiba contest
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356 Saudi students win Bebras Mawhiba contest
Saudi defense chief rallies international support amid escalating Iranian strikes
- Iran unleashes wave of drone strikes on Kingdom’s Eastern Province
- Missiles fired at Prince Sultan Air Base intercepted, destroyed
RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held separate phone calls with his Turkish, Romanian, and South Korean counterparts as Iranian attacks on Gulf facilities continued on Thursday.
Iran escalated strikes on its Gulf neighbors in retaliation for ongoing US-Israeli attacks on Iranian territory.
After a brief pause Wednesday, drone attacks on Saudi Arabia resumed at 9 p.m., targeting the Eastern Province and the Shaybah oil field in the Empty Quarter. All the drones were stopped, the Saudi Ministry of Defense confirmed.
Missiles aimed at Prince Sultan Air Base in Al-Kharj were also intercepted and shot down, the ministry added.
In his call with Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler, Prince Khalid reaffirmed commitment to joint security measures and condemned Iranian aggression.
His conversation with Romanian counterpart Radu Miruta covered regional threats to global stability.
A call with South Korea’s Ahn Gyu-back similarly focused on condemning Iran’s actions and reviewing the broader regional picture.
The crisis traces back to February 28, when US and Israeli forces struck Iran. Tehran has since targeted Gulf states and US-Israeli assets across the region.
Iran has also declared a blockade on energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz — a critical chokepoint for global oil and gas flows — sending commodity prices surging.
