Bebras Mawhiba Informatics Competition 2025 Sets Participation Record As Winners Named

The Bebras Mawhiba Informatics Competition 2025 records its highest participation so far, with 70,048 registered students, compared with 47,589 in 2024. Completed tests also rise strongly, from 39,571 to 60,519, showing more than 52 percent growth and wider interest among students across Saudi Arabia.

The contest runs entirely online through a dedicated platform, so students can join from any region in the Kingdom. As part of a global Bebras initiative held remotely, it focuses on informatics, logic and computational thinking tasks designed for school students.

Bebras Mawhiba belongs to an international informatics competition that now attracts more than two million participants from over 70 countries. The global structure encourages students to gain skills needed in the digital age, while the Saudi edition allows local students to experience international-style challenges without leaving home.

The competition is built to strengthen problem-solving skills and understanding of core informatics ideas. Tasks require students to break complex problems into smaller steps, spot patterns, recognise algorithms and plan systematic solutions. Many problems demand indirect and creative thinking approaches, rather than straightforward calculation or memorisation.

The event targets learners from third grade through the end of high school. It measures logical reasoning, abstract thinking and the ability to build creative solutions. Students face graded challenges that match school stages, helping educators and families observe how participants handle structured problem-solving situations.

King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) states that winners of gold, silver and bronze medals will be announced on Monday. Mawhiba will also publish detailed statistics, including participation trends, score distributions and analysis of how the competition supports growth in computational thinking and problem-solving skills.

With inputs from SPA