Ibtechar local delivery partner of Shell NXplorers

  • Date: 19-Jan-2022
  • Source: Gulf Times
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Qatar
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Ibtechar local delivery partner of Shell NXplorers



The partnership between Ibtechar and Qatar Shell has turned three, jointly working on NXplorers programme, a highly innovative education programme aimed at equipping the next generation with the tools and skills they need to reimagine the world and create sustainable solutions to real-world issues.

Being the local delivery partner of Shell NXplorers in Qatar, Ibtechar continues to pursue its strategy of contributing to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives related to its prime forte: practical innovation.

Shell NXplorers is a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programme currently running in 18 countries around the world. The version implemented by Ibtechar here in Qatar is designed specifically to support Qatar National Vision 2030, by taking young people on a transformational journey into a new way of thinking to enable them to bring about positive change.

To do this, Ibtechar holds learning-by-doing workshops for school students in the 11-14 age group, putting in its unique expertise as a local innovation initiator/promoter to help them develop the skills, understanding, and mindset to address the major global challenges of the time and create positive impact on their own community.

So far, 20 workshops have been held at public schools under the Ministry of Education and Higher Education,