It is the set of educational, scientific and intellectual experiences that a gifted student acquires outside the school curriculum. As these enrichment programs contribute to satisfying the students’ scientific and mental needs, and provide them with full scientific, social and psychological support. These programs enhance students’ development and investment of their energies and capabilities in a stimulating scientific environment, with the aim of investing the minds and talents to meet the future national development needs. The Foundation exerts all efforts to achieve a qualitative leap in the field of gifted care by relying on prominent modern scientific programs.
About the enrichment programs
Enrichment programs are generally concerned with providing intellectual and skill frameworks that go beyond what is usually presented in regular school programs and are often linked to the preferences, desires, and needs of the target group of gifted students. At the same time, it takes on a methodology of integrating thinking skills, research skills, personal and social skills in the intellectual content.
Enrichment program objectives
- Developing and advancing the skills of gifted students through scientific programs and innovative methodology
- Providing the gifted students with self-learning skills, creative thinking and problem solving abilities
- Enriching the skills of gifted students through activities, events and training workshops
- Highlighting the talents and abilities of the gifted students as an incentive to bring out their creativity
Target group
Enrichment programs target gifted Emirati students in all emirates enrolled in grades four to twelve.
Program Types
First: Holiday Programs (Winter - Spring – Summer) Breaks
Hamdan Foundation is keen to providing state of the art educational means through training courses and scientific and intellectual activities that help develop the personal, scientific and leadership traits of gifted students, which would reinforce the skills of gifted students corresponding to their preferences and interests. The Foundation is also keen to create an engaging environment by exploring the latest implemented programs to utilize students' energies and abilities, and direct them towards innovation and creativity.
Second: Weekend programs
The idea of the project is to develop continuous “all-year” programs, in which scientific workshops are conducted in various areas of students' tendencies and interests in order to develop their capabilities and advance their scientific, personal and social skills.
Weekend programs are concerned with providing scientific programs and personal development skills for gifted students in order to ensure the continuous development of their capabilities and talents and to meet their needs in accordance with scientific principles and standards. These programs also seek to motivate students to discover their creative abilities. It is an opportunity for students to practice scientific activities that develop their talents and satisfy their undiscovered needs in the regular classroom environment. These programs are an effective tool for qualifying and training gifted students to accomplish creative outcomes that contribute to serving the local community.