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The three da largest school-level science competition in Bangladesh 'Inter-School STEM Fest 2025' ended on Saturday at the International Hope School Bangladesh in the capital. Students from more than fifty schools in the capital participated in this science competition. Apart from the competition, various innovative science projects were also exhibited.
The competition was organized by the Hopean Math Programming and Robotics Club of International Hope School Bangladesh while 140 science projects were exhibited in the STEM Fest with the participation of 1,600 students.
The fest started on January 23 while the first two days were organized with various competitions and the last day was organized with project exhibitions, cultural programs and prize distribution.
The formalities of the competition started with the Physics Olympiad at 10 am on Friday while 262 students from different schools participated in it. On the same day, there was a Programming Olympiad with the participation of 50 students and a Biochemistry Olympiad with the participation of 221 students. Students from classes 3 to 12 participated in these Olympiads in different categories.
The closing day was organized with the Mathematics Olympiad on Saturday in which students from classes 6 to 12 as well as classes 3 to 5 participated while the closing day included project exhibitions, prize distribution and a fascinating cultural program.
This year, the judges were Professor Dr. Abu Raihan, a teacher from Islamic University of Technology, Mir Abdul Baki Prince, Business Head of Japan Scholartech, Ahsan Habib, Head of ICT Department of BIT School, Hans Ankur, Head of Physics Department of Glenreach International School, Jamurat Parvin, a teacher from Manarat Dhaka International College, Dr. Ishrat Jabin of NorthSouth University, and others.
Along with science competitions, discussions and exhibitions, the closing ceremony at the school auditorium featured a captivating cultural performance. The school students performed group dances and songs. There was also a stand-up comedy show by Navid Mahbub and a magic show by Magic Rajik.
Each stall in the school grounds had various innovative projects, and the students explained the uses and potential of the projects to the visitors in detail wherr projects included the scale model of the Padma Bridge, the metro rail scale model, the Tesla coil, the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, the particle accelerator, the microbial electricity generation plant, etc.
In her welcome speech, Principal of International Hope School Bangladesh Roksana Zarin said that the scope of STEM Fest is increasing day by day. Not only our school, but more than 50 big schools have joined our competition this year. Students are very interested in the science festival, their science practice will take our country a long way forward.
"Through such competitions, students are proving their skills in science and modern technology. In the last few years, many of the participants in STEM Fest have participated in an international competition called NASA Rover Challenge in America, an international competition in Dubai, which is a great achievement for us. We are hopeful that this time too, the students participating in this competition will achieve great fame at the international level."
The main event was organized around these four subjects - science, technology, engineering and mathematics while 280 students were awarded among the participants in this fourth inter-school STEM fest.
The students who secured the first, second and third places in each category received five thousand, three thousand and two thousand taka respectively, in addition to medals and certificates. The students who secured the fourth to tenth places in each category received medals and certificates.
The top thirty students in the competition will get the opportunity to go to America in a few days and participate in the 'NASA Rover Challenge' competition. This time, students will participate in the 'Remote Control Rover' and 'Human Power Rover' competitions in the NASA Rover Challenge.
For the past 3 years, the winning students from the STEM Fest have been competing with students from all over the world at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, USA while International Hope School is the only one from Bangladesh participating in this NASA competition. International Hope School is the second in the world in terms of school level participants.
Last year, 10 winning students from the third Inter-School STEM Fest got the opportunity to go to America and participate in the 'NASA Rover Challenge' competition while 30 winning students will go to particaate in two competitions at NASA headquarters in America from April 10-14 this year. International Hope School Bangladesh was established in Uttara, the capital, in 1996.
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