PARTICIPATION AND SUCCESS OF THE STUDENTS FROM MACEDONIA IN THE GLOBAL ROUND OF THE WORLD SCHOLAR’S CUP 2021 IN DUBAI, UAE
The World Scholar’s Cup – WSC is an international team academic program for students from more than 65 countries. The purpose of this competition is to encourage the students to study outside the typical curriculum and to provide students from different cultures to discuss issues and ideas related to today. It is a competition held in fun and inspiring atmosphere and it is an excellent opportunity for the students to develop their skills for critical thinking in relation to this years’ topic – A World Renewed.
The team compete in four main events – individual test for general knowledge, writing in teams, debating in teams and quiz in teams. Besides the four main events, non-competing social and academic activities take place in order to achieve friendly atmosphere among the students.
The Macedonian delegation for this prestige competition was consisted of 10 students from the PSS (Private Secondary School) “Yahya Kemal”, 3 students from MES (Municipal Elementary School) “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje and two students from a local school in Dubai, which were in competition with 23 countries, and defend the state colours on the World Cup.
On the 15th December 2021, within the World Scholar’s Cup – WSC, a cultures fair was organized, where our delegation successfully presented the opportunities of Republic of Macedonia.
We express gratitude to the leader of the Macedonian delegation, Mr. Nikola Gelincheski, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the support, to our Embassy in UAE for the support and the assistance, the Agency for Promotion and Support of Tourism in the Republic of North Macedonia for the support with promotional materials, to the company Heraklea for the support with traditional food products.
Two teams exceeded the points threshold of the global round and qualified directly for the final round of the competition, the Tournament of Champions, to be held at Yale University in November 2022. Three more teams secured additional qualification for that competition.
More in details of the Macedonian delegation:
World Coach of the Year –
Nikola Gjelincheski – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
General Knowledge Test – team acknowledgements:
Silver – 11 place – team 614 – Viktor Jakimov, Luka Vajevikj, Sara Knezhevikj – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Gold – 8 place – team 617 – Irem Tauk, Sara Toshikj and Samar Shah – PSS “Yahya Kemal” and Jumeirah English Speaking School
Debate – individual acknowledgements:
Silver – 101 place – Irem Tauk – team 617- PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Silver – 97 place – Luka Vajevikj – team 614 – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Silver – 95 place – Sara Toshikj – team 617- PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Silver – 76 place – Adea Ramuka – team 615- PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Silver – 69 place – Gentian Bitikji – team 616- PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Silver – 65 place – Andrei Kalin – team 615- PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Gold – 45 place – Baani Sing – team 618 – Jumeriah English Speaking School
Gold – 35 place – Jana Tasevska – team 615 – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Gold – 27 place -Samar Shah – team 617 – Jumeirah English Speaking School
Gold – 13 place – Sara Knezhevikj – team 614 – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Student Quiz – team acknowledgements:
Silver – 39 place – team 618 – Tamara Simikj, Mihaela Kostovska, Baani Sing – PSS “Yahya Kemal” and Jumeirah English Speaking School
Silver – 28 place – team 617 – Irem Tauk, Sara Toshikj and Samar Shah – PSS “Yahya Kemal” and Jumeirah English Speaking School
Silver – 26 place – team 615 – Andrei Kalin, Adea Ramuka, Jana Tasevska – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Silver – 23 place – team 616- Dea Ramadani, Emrie Ramadani, Gentian Bitikji – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Gold medal and trophy – 6 place – team 614 – Viktor Jakimov, Luka Vajevikj, Sara Knezhevikj – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Writing – individual acknowledgements:
Silver medal – 97 place – team 617 – Samar Shah – Jumeirah English Speaking School
Silver medal – 82 place – – team 614 – Luka Vajevikj – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Silver medal – 76 place – team 614 – Sara Knezhevikj – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Silver medal – 68 place – team 618 – Tamara Simikj – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Silver medal – 54 place – team 615 – Jana Tasevska – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Silver – 29 place – team 617 – Irem Tauk – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Gold medal and trophy – 1 place – team 618 – Baani Sing – Jumeirah English Speaking School
Knowledge Test – individual acknowledgement:
Gold medal and trophy – 4 place -Samar Shah – Jumeirah English Speaking School
Special subjects:
Social sciences – golden medal – Samar Shah – Jumeirah English Speaking School
Literature – silver medal – Luka Vajevikj – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Art – silver medal – Adea Ramuka – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Science, special topic, social sciences – 3 silver medals – Viktor Jakimov – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Literature, science, special topic – 3 Gold medals – Sara Knezhevikj – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Literature silver medal, social sciences, special topic, history, science, art – 5 gold medals – Baani Sing – Jumeirah English Speaking School
Literature, social sciences, special topic, history, science, art – 6 gold medals –Samar Shah – Jumeirah English Speaking School.
Debate – team acknowledgements:
Silver medal – 40 place – team 618 – Tamara Simikj, Mihaela Kostovska, Baani Sing – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Silver medal – 27 place – team 614 – Viktor Jakimov, Luka Vajevikj, Sara Knezhevikj – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Silver medal – 21 place – team 617 – Irem Tauk, Sara Toshikj, Samar Shah Sing – PSS “Yahya Kemal” and Jumeirah English Speaking School
Gold medal – 16 place – team 615 – Andrei Kalin, Adea Ramuka, Jana Tasevska – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Writing – team acknowledgements:
Silver medal – 28 place – team 614 – Viktor Jakimov, Luka Vajevikj, Sara Knezhevikj – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Silver medal – 23 place – team 617 – Irem Tauk, Sara Toshikj, Samar Shah Sing – PSS “Yahya Kemal” and Jumeirah English Speaking School
Gold medal and trophy – 7 place – team 618 – Tamara Simikj, Mihaela Kostovska, Baani Sing – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Best students per school:
Sara Knezhevikj – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Jana Tasevska – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
Best students in all categories:
Gold medal – 16 place – team 614 – Sara Knezhevikj – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Gold medal and trophy – 8 place – team 618 – Baani Sing – Jumeirah English Speaking School
Gold medal and trophy – 7 place – team 617 – Samar Shah – Jumeirah English Speaking School
Best teams in all categories (the top 20 are qualified for Yale):
Silver medal – 19 place – team 617 – Irem Tauk, Sara Toshikj, Samar Shah – PSS “Yahya Kemal” and Jumeirah English Speaking School
Gold medal – 10 place – team 614 – Viktor Jakimov, Luka Vajevikj, Sara Knezhevikj – MES “J. H. Pestaloci” – Skopje
Additionally qualified teams:
team 616- Gentian Bitikji, Dea Ramadani, Emrie Ramadani – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
team 618 – Tamara Simikj, Mihaela Kostovska, Baani Sing – PSS “Yahya Kemal” and Jumeirah English Speaking School
team 615 – Andrei Kalin, Adea Ramuka, Jana Tasevska – PSS “Yahya Kemal”
