H.E Dr. Mugheer Khamis Al Khaili, Director General of Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) honoured the winning teams in the 5th World Robot Olympiad UAE hosted by ADEC and held at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). Present at the closing ceremony event held yesterday was H.E Ali Mehad Al Suwaidi, Acting Director of the Ministry of Education, Mr. Mohammed Salem Al Dhaheri, ADEC’s Executive Director of School Operations, Dr. Abdullatif Al Shamsi, Director General of the Institutes of Applied Technology, senior ADEC officials, school principals, teachers, students and parents.

Dr. Al Khaili said that “the success of these competitions and the advanced level of ICT skills demonstrated by our students reflect ADEC’s efforts aiming at promoting the use and production of robotics technology in Abu Dhabi”.

He added that ADEC supports students and provides them with several learning opportunities to include learning about robotics’ technology, designing and programming. “This event will help in developing the UAE teams in order for them to compete with their peers from other countries and contribute to making Abu Dhabi a regional and global hub in Robotics and ICT.” Dr. Al Khaili added.

Dr. Al Khaili pointed out that ADEC’s efforts led to hosting the World Robot Olympiad 2011 in Abu Dhabi next April. “We are doing our best to make this international event a great success that will promote Abu Dhabi as a hub for Robotics technology. We believe that our students will help shape the future of this technology; thus, I call upon all school students to learn about robotics design and programming so that they can actively participate in such remarkable events. This will also help them improve their skills in Math, Science and ICT and to ultimately develop technologically competent, innovative, creative, problem solving, collaborative and highly professional workforce” added ADEC DG.

A total number of 390 students from the various school cycles comprising 130 teams of three members each competed to win the awards of robotics designing and programming competitions. Below the names of the winners in the various categories:

Open category- Best Creative Robot Award

Primary
School Name: Al Fateh Primary School
Students: Mais Majed, Fatima Abdul Aziz, Aisha Abdullah

Junior High
School Name: Our Own High School Award
Students: Vishnu J. Nair, Athul Krishnan, Farhan Firoz

Secondary
School Name: Khalifa bin Zayed School
Students: Ali Saleh Abdurabo, Bara’a Ibrahim, Mohamed Salem Zaki

Open Category- Best Technical Robot Award

Primary
School Name: Al Mizhar American Academy for Girls
Students: Clarice Meneses, Christine Meneses

Junior High
School Name: Our Own High School
Students: Atul Ghoshal, Nidhish Madhyastha, M.H. Vighya Sagar

Secondary
School Name: Khalifa bin Zayed School
Students: Ali Saleh Abdurabo, Bara’a Ibrahim, Mohamed Salem Zaki

Open Category- Best Presentation

Primary
School Name: Al Fateh Primary School
Students: Mais Majed, Fatima Abdul Aziz, Aisha Abdullah

Junior High
School Name: Our Own High School
Students: Athul Krishnan, Farhan Firoz

Secondary
School Name: Khalifa bin Zayed School
Students: Ali Saleh Abdurabo, Bara’a Ibrahim, Mohamed Salem Zaki

Platinum Award
School Name: Khalifa bin Zayed School
Students: Ali Saleh Abdurabo, Bara’a Ibrahim, Mohamed Salem Zaki
School Name: Our Own High School
Students: Prithvi Devanandan, Huzefa Iltaz
 

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