Aris Khaliel qualifies for the “Jugend Präsentiert” national final

With her presentation on the topic "To what extent do airplanes and ships manage to fly and swim?" Aris Khaliel, a 9th-grade student at the German International School Dubai, impressed with her presentation skills at the national finals and qualified for the national finals of "Jugend präsentiert." As a special award, Aris Khaliel also won participation in the digital presentation academy, an intensive presentation training program with professional public speaking trainers from the Presentation Skills Research Center at the University of Tübingen. The national finals will take place on September 28, 2025, in Berlin.

Of the 130 finalists, 17 students and student from German schools abroad to the national finals. Over 9,000 students took part in this year’s competition student nationally and from German schools abroad, 600 of them reached a country final. Among them were Aris Khaliel from DISD and the students student : Grace Coco Byron, Layla Ibrahim, Muhammad Ali Hussain and Zaynab Said.

Janina Terzi, Head of Science at DISD, is delighted with the success: “I am very pleased with the great achievements of our students student The fact that several of them qualified for the state finals and that Aris Khaliel even made it to the national finals is something very special – this is the first time that a DISD student has made it to the national finals. Such successes strengthen our commitment to a strong and vibrant STEM program at DISD. I would like to thank the supervising teachers, Ms. Yigit and Ms. Chahin, for their dedicated support of the students. student on this important project.”

Online coaching to promote presentation skills

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

In order to develop their presentation skills right at the start of the competition, the students will receive student At the digital national finals, participants received online coaching from public speaking trainers at the University of Tübingen. The special challenge for the participants was to present their chosen presentation topic in six minutes using exclusively digital media.

The country finals of the German schools abroad took place online. The students participated student with a video of their presentation. A jury consisting of public speaking experts, teachers, alumni, and academics will be appointed throughout the competition. They will evaluate the presentations based on their presentation style, such as the use of body language and voice, and whether the presentation slides are appropriate to the topic and audience. Factual accuracy in the presentation of the topic is also an important criterion.