Five Pak whiz kids win top US science honour 
By Naveed Ahmad
ISLAMABAD: Computer giants Intel Corporation is taking the five winners of the National Science Olympiad, one of the world's largest pre-college science competitions, to New Mexico (United States).
This year's winners from Pakistan include the team of Waqar Ahmed, Shoaib Ahmed and Mufaddal Mansoor of Aga Khan Higher Secondary School while individual achievers are Fatima Shami of Headstart School and Kulsum Bilal of Government Kinnaird High School for Girls, Lahore.
These winners will join about 1,500 high school finalists from across the world. These finalists were chosen from a field of around one million students and will compete for approximately $4 million in awards.
Over 210 students from all over Pakistan participated in the Olympiad which concluded Wednesday. The event is affiliated with the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) being held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in May.
The International Science and Engineering Fair, sponsored by Intel since 1997, is the world's largest celebration of science, showcasing the world's most promising young scientists and inventors.
Student finalists, in grades nine through 12, emerge from a field of approximately one million students who compete in more than 500 regional Intel ISEF-affiliated science fairs around the world. The National Science Olympiad is a joint effort between Intel Pakistan Corporation and the Federal Ministry of Education.
"The youth in Pakistan is very talented and the National Science Olympiad provides an ideal platform for the next generation of brilliant scientists," said Shahzad Aslam Khan, the country manager of Intel Pakistan Corporation. "It is heartening to see such an overwhelming interest from the students. We are extremely appreciative of the support extended to this programme by the Ministry of Education."
Students participated individually or in groups in five major categories -- mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics and computer sciences. A total of three projects -- two individuals and a team consisting of three -- were short-listed.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=39392
By Naveed Ahmad
ISLAMABAD: Computer giants Intel Corporation is taking the five winners of the National Science Olympiad, one of the world's largest pre-college science competitions, to New Mexico (United States).
This year's winners from Pakistan include the team of Waqar Ahmed, Shoaib Ahmed and Mufaddal Mansoor of Aga Khan Higher Secondary School while individual achievers are Fatima Shami of Headstart School and Kulsum Bilal of Government Kinnaird High School for Girls, Lahore.
These winners will join about 1,500 high school finalists from across the world. These finalists were chosen from a field of around one million students and will compete for approximately $4 million in awards.
Over 210 students from all over Pakistan participated in the Olympiad which concluded Wednesday. The event is affiliated with the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) being held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in May.
The International Science and Engineering Fair, sponsored by Intel since 1997, is the world's largest celebration of science, showcasing the world's most promising young scientists and inventors.
Student finalists, in grades nine through 12, emerge from a field of approximately one million students who compete in more than 500 regional Intel ISEF-affiliated science fairs around the world. The National Science Olympiad is a joint effort between Intel Pakistan Corporation and the Federal Ministry of Education.
"The youth in Pakistan is very talented and the National Science Olympiad provides an ideal platform for the next generation of brilliant scientists," said Shahzad Aslam Khan, the country manager of Intel Pakistan Corporation. "It is heartening to see such an overwhelming interest from the students. We are extremely appreciative of the support extended to this programme by the Ministry of Education."
Students participated individually or in groups in five major categories -- mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics and computer sciences. A total of three projects -- two individuals and a team consisting of three -- were short-listed.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=39392
