QNA
Doha
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education’s (MoEHE) Department of Early Education held the final contests for English verbal fluency for super readers. Held under the slogan ‘Best Start... Read with Heart’, the contest included two groups of judges to test 26 qualified schools.
Assistant Director of the Early Child Department, Dhabia Al Khulaifi, said the contests aimed to raise academic achievement in linguistic skills for super readers in the English language and enrich their language with a significant number of words used in innovative expression. She added that the contests intend to equip students with fundamental skills and supportive capabilities during their upcoming educational process, based on the strategic objectives of the Department of Early Education, emanating from the MoEHE’s goals.
For her part, Head of the Foundation Stage Department at the Department of Early Education, Sharifa Al Yazidi, indicated that the contest underwent previous planning stages, where the first phase was held last March, and the final contests for the qualifiers ended on May 4, while winners will be honoured at a ceremony on MoEHE premises next Tuesday.
The preparations for this contest were ongoing since the beginning of the academic class, where the planning team divided the contest into three-pronged phases -- internal final contests in school; school geographic scope; and the final phase on applying the winning criteria through correctly pronouncing the words in less time -- member of the jury committee Mounira Bassam explained.
She added that whenever students pass a certain stage, the pronunciation phase becomes difficult, making the competition more interesting and leading to an increasing enthusiasm among the participating schools.
