Headline August 10, 2018/ '' ' PALESTINIAN STUDENTS PALLADIUM ' ''

'' ' PALESTINIAN STUDENTS 

PALLADIUM ' ''

THE PALESTINIAN STUDENTS - reach finals of Silicon Valley app pitch and the World Students Society stands up and tall and gives them a standing ovation.

These great geniuses compete in the senior division against students/teens from Egypt, the United States, Mexico, India and Spain, for scholarships of up to $ 15,000................

FOUR PALESTINIAN STUDENTS - high school friends are heading to California any moment to  pitch their mobile app about fire prevention-

To Silicon Valley's tech leaders, after winning a slot in the finals of worldwide competition among more than 19,000 teenage girls.

For the 11th graders from the Israeli occupied West Bank, the ticket of admission to the World Pitch Summit signals a particularly dramatic leap.

They come from........ middle class families that value education, but opportunities have been limited because of the omnipresent-

Israeli-Palestinian conflict, prevailing norms of patriarchy in their traditional society and typically underequipped schools with outdated teaching methods.

''We are excited to travel in a plane for the first time in our lives, meet new people and see a new world,'' said team member Wassan al-Sayed,-

''We are excited to be in the most prestigious IT community in the world, Silicon Valley, where we can meet interesting people and see how the new world works.''

Twelve teams made it to the finals of the Technovation Challenge'' in San Jose, California, presenting apps that tackle problems in their communities.

The Palestinian teens compete in the senior division against teams from Egypt, the United States, Mexico, India and Spain for scholarships of up to $15,000.

The competition now in its ninth year, is run by Iridescent , a global nonprofit offering opportunities to young people/students especially girls. through technology.

The group said 60 percent of the US participants enroll in additional computer science courses  after the competition, with 30  percent majoring in that  field in college , well  above the  national rate among  female US college students.

Two-thirds of international participants show an interest in technology-related courses, the group said.

Palestinian Education Minister Sabri Saidam counts on technology along with a new emphasis on  vocational training - to overall Palestinian schools, where many students still learn by rote in crowded class-rooms

Youth unemployment, particularly among university graduates, is a central problem across the Arab world, in, part because of a demographic ''youth bulge''.
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Last year, unemployment among Palestinian College graduates under the age of 30 reached 56  percent, including 41 percent in the West Bank and 73 percent in the Gaza  Strip, according to the  Palestinian Bureau of Statistics.

The Honor and Serving of  the latest Global Operational Research on Students from conflict and crises ridden area continues.

With respectful dedication to the Leaders, Grandparent, Parents, Students, Professors and Teachers of  Palestine, and then the entire world.

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