Local school team in Karak wins 2nd place in Enterprise Business Challenge

  • Date: 15-Jun-2022
  • Source: Ammon News
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:Jordan
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Local school team in Karak wins 2nd place in Enterprise Business Challenge

Ammon News - More than 4,000 students from 114 schools around Jordan participated in the Enterprise Business Challenge (EBC) program in 2022.
Running for the 11th year in a row, the program was administered by INJAZ, a local non-profit organization, in partnership with the Prince’s Trust International (PTI).

Out of the 12 nominated teams, a team of 5 boys, "Excellence Team" from Zaid Bin Haritha Secondary School for Boys in Karak won second place. The team worked on a project based on manufacturing educational kits with simple and complex electrical circuits, according to an INJAZ statement.

The EBC's winning teams highlighted the significance of the program and the skills they gained on their journey.

15-year-old Khair Al-Deen Suheimat, the team’s leader said that the project aims to teach children aged 8 to 10 years on how to deal with simple and complex electrical circuits.
"There were no research tools available for us before, but through the program with INJAZ we were able to accomplish a lot in our project," Suheimat said.

According to Suheimat, the kit includes LED, board, wires, resistive battery and other things, in addition to a booklet that will be added to help children operate the electrical circuit.

Suheimat indicated that the