King
Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) participated in the Fourth Scientific Forum held at King Faisal
University from 25th to 26th Rabia I 1439A.H.;
corresponding to 13th to 14th December 2017G.
The Fourth Scientific Forum which was called by the National Center for
Talent and Creativity research at King Faisal University discusses a number of
distinguished scientific topics; including: spreading awareness of the culture
of talent and creativity, establishing a mechanism for effective partnership
between public and higher education for fostering the gifted students,
identifying the best international practices to discover the gifted students,
in addition to shedding the light on the strategic plans of Saudi Universities
and their role in fostering talent, creativity and innovation.
His Excellency Engineer Nabeel Al Haqbany; the General Manager of Planning
and Projects at the Foundation represented King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for
Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba)
in the forum. He presented his study during the forum (on Fostering the Gifted University
Students: World Experience and Suggested Programs). Such study included 50
world universities and targeted 312 programs which were presented to brilliant
and talented students; including Oxford, Stanford, Chicago, Toronto, Tokyo and
other universities.
The study presented an analysis of the quality of the programs presented which
were divided into two axes: enrichment and accelerating programs. Further, the
study provided a detailed explanation of the apprenticeships and leadership
programs and included a presentation about "Mawhiba" students who are
affiliated to pioneer world universities. The number of annual enrolled
students is 200. Mawhiba helps them to be accepted at the most prestigious
universities, follows them up, and provides them with all necessary services
and care. It is expected that the number of those students reach 2000 by 2022G.
It is worth mentioning
that such participation of King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for
Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) is one of the several external
participation of the foundation which aim to contribute to the spreading of the
culture of talent and creativity and to highlight the role of
"Mawhiba" in this field and to shed the light on the remarkable
successes in the record of King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for
Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) and how this is reflected on the
contribution by such foundation in the achievement of objectives of the Kingdom's
2030 vision.
