ShCT students win 4th place in Huawei competition
Information Technology (IT) students Mr. Khalifa Juma Al Balushi and Ms. Amamah Hassan Al Ajmi of Shinas College of Technology (SHCT), together with the other four members comprising the Oman team, won the fourth place in the recently concluded ‘Huawei ICT Competition Middle East 2019-2020’ from December 1-2, 2019 at Shenzen, China.
SHCT also received the prestigious ‘Excellent Academy” award for the second consecutive time.
Aimed at recognizing talented students and improving their skills in networking, the competition attracted 21,000 students from 437 colleges and universities in Oman, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. All in all, 13 teams participated in the final competition.
During the competition, the students were also given the chance to visit the Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen to be acquainted with the latest technical solutions provided by the company.
IT lecturers Mr. Mohammed Naheed Ali, Mr. Muhammad Nauman Ali Khan, Mr. Syed Meher Ali and Ms. Salama Said Al-Kalbani served as the coaches.
IT Head Ms. Amina Al Jabri commended the efforts of the students and their coaches.