Ashraf AboArafe
The Media Office of the Saudi Embassy in Cairo – Thursday, December 12, 2024
The Saudi Science Team won a bronze medal at the 21st International Junior Science Olympiad, which was held in Bucharest, Romania, from December 2 to 11, with the participation of 303 students representing 52 countries.
The medal was achieved by student Maryam Osama Turkistani, from Makkah Education, bringing the Kingdom’s tally in this international Olympiad to 28 medals, including 24 bronze, 3 silver, and one gold.
The Kingdom was represented in this year’s Olympiad by a team of 6 students and a number of supervisors, in a strategic partnership between the King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity “Mawhiba”, the Ministry of Education, and sponsored by Elm Company.
The International Junior Science Olympiad is an annual international individual and team competition in the field of natural sciences for students under the age of 16 on December 31 of the year in which the Olympiad is held.
The team of each participating country in the Olympiad consists of 6 students who take 3 tests, multiple choice, extended questions, and a practical test in the fields of physics, chemistry, and biology.
It is worth noting that this is the eighth participation of the Kingdom in the International Junior Science Olympiad, and the first edition of this Olympiad was held in 2004 in Indonesia.
