HRH Sultan
Bin Salman to the Gifted Students:
- “Your
message to the world: drop the differences, planet Earth has room for
co-existence”
- “We witness,
among these gifted persons, scientists and space-sector leaders”
- “Saudis’ capabilities
are enormous, and they cannot be compared with any other neighbouring countries”
His Royal
Highness, Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Saudi Space Commission, emphasized the importance of hard work
to contribute to placing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in its legitimate position
at the forefront of the developed countries. He also stressed that the Saudi
citizens have great abilities and skills making them distinguished and able to
attain accomplishments for the good of Home’s present time and future, with the
support they receive from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman
bin Abdulaziz, who encourages development and creativity.
Upon
receiving several gifted students yesterday, In the presence of His Excellency
Dr Saud Al-Mathami, Secretary-General f King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation
for Giftedness and Creativity Mawhiba and Dr Nasser Al-Aqili, Deputy
Minister for Research and Innovation at Ministry of Education; His Highness
clarified that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has never been traditional or a
replication of others throughout its history.
His Highness
showed that the Saudi Space Commission is working on founding a stimulating and
enabling organizational environment for the space sector to be a platform from
which economic and scientific paths are launched, in cooperation with all
partners, indicating that the National Space Strategy is ready and will be
presented to the recently-appointed Board of Directors of the Commission to be
evaluated and before submitting it to
the government for final approval.
Moreover,
His Highness has emphasized the importance of the message the gifted students
will convey on behalf of their country to the world. This message says that the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country of peace and is the country of the Two
Holy Mosques.
This came
yesterday, during his patronage of the first meeting of the Consultative
Committee for “Ajyal” Program. His Highness hosted the members of the Professional
Committee and urged them to effectively participate in the program to achieve its
goals after the completion of the arrangements and procedures for its
establishment, pointing out that the Committee forms one of the tools of
“Ajyal” Program that is important to achieve its goals represented in listening
to students’ suggestions and opinions to teach, support and motivate the Saudi
youth to learn space-science and its numerous fields along with learning Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics-related to space.
His Highness
indicated that the Saudi Space Commission is keen on benefitting from the
potentials and abilities of the ambitious youth in the various academic levels
to participate in: enriching the program, raising awareness, and motivating the
Kingdom’s students to take part in programs, exhibits, and forums related to
space and its science, in addition to participation in producing ideas,
proposals and projects related to space, and participation in knowing the
obstacles encountering students in fields of space and its science.
On the other
hand, Dr Saud Al-Mathami pointed out the importance of the partnership between
the Saudi Space Commission and Mawhiba, indicating that the directions
issued by His Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman emphasized the importance of
starting to enhance human capital for the future, in the field of Space. That
is why the first agreement with Mawhiba was signed from which “Ajyal”
Program emerged, which will soon send 10 of the gifted students to NASA.
At the end
of the meeting, His Highness handed the students’ certificates of their
appointment as members in the advisory board of “Ajyal” Program, which aims at
building and developing qualified and promising national cadres in the field of
space followed with an open discussion with the students.
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