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At 8:30 pm on Monday, September 20, 2021, millions of Arab viewers will watch the live broadcast of the closing ceremony of the Arab Reading Challenge.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, will also attend the event.
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The “best school” will receive a reward of 1 million dirhams, and the “excellent tutor” will receive a cash reward of 300,000 dirhams. The Arab Reading Champion will take home a cash prize of AED 500,000, and the cumulative bonus will be distributed to AED 11 million.
This reading challenge attracted 21 million participants, which is by far the largest number in the history of the challenge.
The 2019 challenge has only 13.5 million participants.
96,000 schools from 52 countries participated in the competition, with contestants from 14 Arab countries and 38 foreign Arab nationals.
Compared with the 99,000 tutors in the fourth edition, the current edition also attracted 120,000 tutors to help students improve their reading and summarizing skills.
Tomorrow’s closing ceremony is the final stage of the Arab Reading Challenge. The Arab Reading Champion will be selected based on the ability to express general knowledge, critical thinking skills, communication skills and the diversity of the selected books.
Previously, participants were assessed at the class level in various countries around the world, then at the school level, and then to the education district, bureau or provincial level. Finally, the top 10 students from each country were selected, and then the national winners were selected.
Students must read and summarize 50 books to finally get the challenge.
Covid posed a challenge, but the participants remained balanced
The jury is composed of educational experts to evaluate the participants’ expression ability, dialogue ability, intelligence, depth of knowledge, as well as the ability to organize ideas and express clearly.
As precautions have been taken in response to the pandemic, the qualifiers are conducted in a virtual manner and national winners are announced online.
The last stop is coming
The Arab Reading Challenge stipulates that each participant should compile 50 books in five reading passports (10 pages each), and each book should be compiled on one page. This year’s digital challenges have driven the adoption of digital summaries instead of paper.
The purpose of the initiative is to increase the importance of reading for all students, improve their knowledge, develop their understanding and self-expression skills in sound Arabic, and develop their self-study skills while honing their critical and creative thinking.
nandini@khaleejtimes.com
Nandini Silka
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