The State of Kuwait, as part of its celebration of the conclusion of the fourth Arab Reading Challenge Project, culminated in the graduation of student Abdulaziz Ahmed Al-Khaldi as a champion of the national challenge to win the title after competing with the first 10 students who reached the final stage.

The State of Kuwait, as part of its celebration of the conclusion of the Arab Reading Challenge in its fourth session, crowned the student Abdulaziz Ahmed Al-Khaldi as a champion of the national challenge to win the title after competing with the first 10 students who reached the final stage. In addition, Ghanem Benaya Al Sulaimani, from Farwaniya Educational Zone, received the title of Distinguished Supervisor, while Umm Kulthum Bint Aqaba was awarded the title of Outstanding School in the State of Kuwait.

The ceremony was held at the Jabir Al-Ahmad Cultural Center in Kuwait City, attended by Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Education Dr. Saud Hilal Al Harbi, Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Development and Activities in the Kuwaiti Ministry of Education Faisal Al-Maqseed, Ambassador of the UAE in Kuwait Saqr Nasser Al-Risi, The challenge of reading Arabic Najla Saif Al Shamsi, along with a number of assistant agents, principals and principals of schools and early challenge from outstanding students.

Faisal Al-Maqseed delivered a speech at the ceremony, in which he said: "The Arab Reading Challenge in its fourth year witnessed a great number of students and a growing number of participating schools in Kuwait. This is a testament to the success of this project launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to provide students with new skills and to navigate other worlds of useful knowledge. "These growing participations are due to the active impact that this award has instilled in the hearts of our students."

For her part, Najla Al Shamsi praised the distinguished participation of Kuwaiti students, expressing her pride in the Kuwaiti educational competencies, calling them to continue the journey of literacy and knowledge. "Kuwait presented a unique model, which last year led the distinguished school model at the level of the Arab world, and showed the importance of meeting the components of society on a clear vision, according to effective and deliberate plans, which is undoubtedly a source of inspiration and pride for the Arab nation as a whole.

In her speech, Najla Al Shamsi praised the success of the challenge by attracting a large number of participants who exceeded all expectations in this session. She stressed that «the challenge of Arab reading was and continues to target the widest possible segment of Arab students, to instill the spirit of reading and challenging love And acquiring knowledge. "

Commenting on the closing ceremony of the Challenge of Arab Reading in Kuwait, Abdullah Al Nuaimi, Coordinator of the Arab Reading Challenge in the initiatives of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International, expressed his thanks and gratitude to all those who competed in Kuwait, appreciating the remarkable increase in the number of participants in the fourth round of the challenge. "The challenge of reading Arabic is bigger than a competition among Arab students," he said. "It is a project to deliver the reading message to all Arab students. This is achieved through the efforts of the various teams in all the participating countries and the official and popular support of the initiative."

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The number of students who participated in the challenge of Arab reading at its fourth session at Kuwait level was 77,667 students from 749 schools in the public and private sectors, while the number of supervisors was 1872 supervisors.

The Arab Reading Challenge, which includes Arab participants from Arab and foreign countries, was launched in March, and during a series of months-long qualifiers, the first students compete in their schools at the district and district levels in their respective countries, In coordination with the General Secretariat to challenge the Arab reading, and choose the champion of the state, in preparation for the competition of the first students, the champions of the challenge, in the participating countries, the latest competitions to be held in Dubai in October this year, ahead of the announcement of the champion of the Arab reading challenge at the fourth session of 2019.