Doha: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) honoured yesterday the talented students who won the 5th edition of the “My Disability is the Secret of My Talent” competition, which was organized under the title “My Environment is My Responsibility”, to raise awareness of the importance of preserving the environment.
Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs at MoEHE Maha Al Ruwaili, Assistant Undersecretary for Private Education Affairs at MoEHE Omar Al Nama, and HE Undersecretary of MoEHE Dr. Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi distributed certificates to the 26 winners, male and female students, in all branches, stages and levels of the competition, such as the Holy Quran, the short story, recitation, rhetoric, and artistic creativity, as well as honouring judges in these fields.
Acting Director of the Special Education and Gifted Care Department at MoEHE Fatima Al Saadi, stressed the Ministry’s keenness to provide equal opportunities for students with disabilities in order to highlight their various talents and creativity, in line with the Ministry’s vision of pioneering the provision of permanent and innovative learning opportunities of high quality.
She said that MoEHE provided, during the previous years, many educational services and programs in government schools for students with disabilities, which made a quantum leap in educational services that are now comparable in quality to various nations of the world at the regional and international levels.
Al Saadi added that the competition was launched for the first time during the year 2018/2019 as a trial version that proved successful with students talents in the fields of: writing short stories, memorizing the Quran, recitation, rhetoric and artistic creativity, noting that this competition is launched annually to celebrate people with disabilities and to recognize their role and contributions to society.
The competition targets all students with motor, hearing, intellectual and visual disabilities, those with autism, and those who have talent in any field at all levels of education in schools and educational and rehabilitation centres for students with disabilities in government schools.
