AMMAN – Under the patronage of Minister of Culture, HE
Ms. Haifaa Al Najjar, and in the presence of HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, founder
and chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global), as guest of honor, the
Entro Gate Company in cooperation with Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Forum
(TAG-KF), as strategic partner, had launched the ‘2022 Entro for Kids’ contest,

This year's contest, its 3^rd session, is held in Jordan, Egypt,
Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, with the aim of motivating young
students to find entrepreneurial solutions for their community problems in
different sectors.

The competition is organized and launched by Entro
Gate Company in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Ministry of
Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, the American University of Madaba,
TAG-KF, and TechWorks - one of the Crown Prince Foundation’s initiatives, in
addition to a number of other partners. The contest seeks to establish
entrepreneurship and innovation clubs for school students aged between 12-17
years to enhance their innovative skills and tools through the “Entro for Kids
Platform”. 

On the event Minister Al Najjar remarked: “We aspire
to make the entrepreneurship sector one of the key sectors in Jordan, based on
our belief in the importance of moving towards the knowledge-based economy and
the creation of a generation that embraces entrepreneurship and creativity,” 

Dr. Abu-Ghazalehn
has also commented stating:  “We are just the guardians of the future, and
I have a great confidence in our youth”. He pointed out that innovation and
inventions lead to national economic growth, underlining the importance of
expanding the
establishment of finance companies
in innovation and inventions,  as well as enhancing education for the
purpose of innovation in all areas.

Meanwhile, Ms. Samar Obeidat, founder and CEO of
‘Entro Gate’ and the National Youth Entrepreneurship Competition, highlighted
the importance of teaching young people and children entrepreneurial skills
from early childhood stages, emphasizing that entrepreneurship has become a
global trend.

On behalf of the Ministry of Education’s
Secretary-General, Mr. Liwa-Eddin Jaradat, director of the Ministry’s
Vocational Education and Production Directorate, said that the Ministry
constantly promotes, in all its plans and programs, the use of modern
technology in education as the best way to develop creativity and excellence among
students. He noted that this would positively affect the quality of education
and improve the educational process.

On the sideline of the ceremony, a panel session
entitled ‘Our Students are the Pioneers of the Future’ was organized with the
participation of female graduates of the ‘Entro for Kids’ program, who
presented their projects and gave a brief on how entrepreneurship positively
influenced their personality.

The ‘Entro for Kids’
program was launched by the Entro Gate Company in 2018 with the support of
TAG-KF. It is the first-of-its-kind program in the Kingdom that targets
students by giving them training and the required entrepreneurial skills for
innovation and creativity.