Aris Khaliel qualifies for the "Jugend Präsentiert" national final

With her presentation on the topic "How do airplanes and ships fly and swim?", Aris Khaliel from the 9th grade of the German International School Dubai impressed with her presentation skills at the state finals and thus qualified for the national finals of "Jugend präsentiert". As a special award, Aris Khaliel also wins participation in the digital presentation academy, an intensive presentation training course with professional rhetoric trainers from the Presentation Skills Research Center at the University of Tübingen. The national final will take place on September 28, 2025 in Berlin.

Of the 130 finalists, 17 student from German schools abroad will go through to the national final. More than 9,000 student from all over Germany and from German schools abroad took part in this year's competition, 600 of whom reached a national final. In addition to Aris Khaliel, DISD student Grace Coco Byron, Layla Ibrahim, Muhammad Ali Hussain and Zaynab Said were among them.

Janina Terzi, Head of Science at DISD, is delighted with the success: "I am very happy about the great achievements of our student. The fact that several of them qualified for the state finals and Aris Khaliel even made it to the national finals is something very special - this is the first time a DISD student has made it to the national finals. Such successes encourage us in our commitment to strong and lively STEM promotion at DISD. I would like to thank the supervising teachers Ms. Yigit and Ms. Chahin for their dedicated support of the student in this important project."

Online coaching to promote presentation skills

"Those who can present complex scientific content in an understandable way have a valuable skill that remains relevant beyond their school years. 'Jugend präsentiert' encourages student to develop precisely this competence and strengthen their rhetorical skills," says Christian Kleinert, Managing Director of "Jugend präsentiert".

In order to improve their presentation skills right from the start of the competition, the student receive online coaching from rhetoric trainers at the University of Tübingen during the digital national final. The special challenge for the participants was to present the topic of their choice in six minutes using only digital media.

The state finals of the German schools abroad took place online. The student took part with a video of their presentation. A jury consisting of rhetoric experts, teachers, competition alumni and academics is used throughout the competition. It evaluates the presentations according to the type of presentation, for example the use of body language and voice or whether the design of the presentation slides is appropriate to the topic and the addressees. The factual accuracy of the presentation of the topic is also an important criterion.