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A decade of preparing future innovators!

The Young Innovators Lab Alumni Club, launched by Thinking Oasis in partnership with the Shoman Foundation, recently held its inaugural event in Amman. The gathering brought together 55 alumni, all of whom have embraced critical thinking and design thinking as key tools for lifelong learning and community engagement.

In February, Thinking Oasis hosted a two-day Training of Trainers (ToT) program at a local hotel, aimed at equipping future educators with critical thinking skills in STEM. Led by Bara Kilani, an expert in the field, this 16-hour intensive program emphasized the importance of critical thinking as a core competency in 21st-century education.

Al-Mayar International Schools recently concluded an innovative Winter Robotics Club that combined STEM education with Critical Thinking skills development. Held during the holiday break, the program brought 4th and 5th rade students closer to the principles of Critical Thinking using customized sumo robots.

A team of four 14-year-old students, trained by Thinking Oasis, was awarded the "Junior Engineers" Award following their victory at the National Sumo Robotics Championship. Competing against 150 teams from universities and schools across Jordan, this group of young innovators was the only team of teenagers to win a prize, competing against university-level students.