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Kenken: The Latest Puzzling Phenomenon
In early 2016 Rootstalk Learning Solutions, a Dubai based child skill development company launched the KENKEN International Championship among the schools of UAE. Since then the championship has successfully executed its third edition in 2018, and are in the early stages of its fourth one, KIC 2019.
In its third year, over 10000 students from more than 250 schools took part in the championship. Six students were given a FREE trip to New York to represent UAE at the international level on the 16 of December 2019 . They are: from Modern High Dubai, from The Millennium School Dubai, from Hartland International School Dubai, from Delhi Private School Sharjah, from RAK Academy, and from Arab Unity School Dubai.
of Hartland International School Dubai also went on to become the World Kenken Championship of 2018!
In its recent award ceremony the these students and the other Top 20 Rank Holders of the 2018 Championship were awarded various awards and Cash Prize of AED 20,000 for their stellar achievement. All of these students had to go thorough 3 rounds of rigorous elimination before becoming the top Kenken puzzle players, out qualifying over 10000 students all over UAE.
Top performing schools such as , , , , were also recognized for their support towards the championship,
When asked about their competition's success, Dr Magdi Hafez the Director of Kenken UAE said, "We are a team of educators and puzzling is in our DNA. Our team is totally hooked on Kenken and we are continually exploring the puzzle's academic potential to increase math fluency and numeracy skills among students of not just UAE but other GCC countries as well."
Playing Kenken puzzles is a wonderful activity for students to get into, as practicing these puzzles help them boost their numeracy skills, problem solving and strategic thinking abilities. Kenken puzzles are also a powerful tool to build cognitive reasoning, perseverance and mental stamina in students. Plus, the Kenken International Championship is the perfect motivation to get into Kenken puzzles and competitive puzzling for the first time.
For now, the 2019 edition of the championship is open for all students in the UAE & Egypt from Grades 3 to 12. Rootstalk Learning Solutions is constantly trying to spread the championship to other countries in the greater MENA region. A MENA centric competition is also on the cards and can become a reality as soon as 2020. We will obviously have to wait and see, till then we recommend you join the puzzling revolution that is sweeping the nation and hold on.
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