Ostrovsky High School in Ra'anana - the Israeli cyber champion

The second place was won by the students of the Ort Ramat Yosef school and the third place by the students of the Green Village

About 200 schools (primary and elementary) competed yesterday, Tuesday, for the title of Israeli Cyber ​​Champion. The schools competed head to head in cyber battles (depending on the age group). Ostrovsky High School in Ra'anana won first place in the high school competition. The students of the Ort Ramat Yosef school won the second place and the students of the Green Village won the third place.

The Israeli Cyber ​​Championship was held in the presence of Minister of Education Naftali Bennett, CEO of the Ministry Michal Cohen, Gabi Ashkenazi, Chairman of the Rashi Foundation, and Karin Meir-Robinstein, CEO of IATI. About 200 schools (primary and elementary) from all over the country competed for the coveted title - the Israeli cyber champion. The goal: to bring the students closer to the fields of mathematics, computer science and technology.

The Israeli cyber champions - the list of winners by age:
• Elementary school (ages XNUMX and XNUMX): XNUMXst place - Yuval Ornit school. Second place - David Ben Gurion School in Ofakim. Third place - Sharet school in Holon.
• Elementary school (ages XNUMXth and XNUMXth): First place - Brandes School in Herzliya. Second place - A.D. Rothschild in Jerusalem. Third place - Far-Am in Hadera.
• Middle schools: first place - Ort Alon in Afula. Second place - Yeshiva Zvi in ​​Ashkelon. Third place Noam girls in Kiryat Menashe.
• High schools: first place - Ostrovsky in Ra'anana. Second place - Ort Ramat Yosef. Third place - the Green Village High School.

The Cyber ​​Championship is a unique program shared by the Ministry of Education, the Rashi Foundation, IATI (the Israeli Association for Advanced Industries) and in which the students learn through play the basics of cyber, programming and computers already at a young age. The school teams include about five students who are accompanied and closely guided by the professional teams. The competition started in October and included about 1900 schools (from XNUMXrd to XNUMXth grade) who competed in cyber battles, according to the age groups.

Throughout the competition, the schools accumulated points, when at the end of the early stages, the best in each school entered the team, and according to the results, the ranking for the finals was determined. The schools recently held intensive training camps during which the students practiced various programming techniques in the morning and evening.

Cyber ​​Championship for the elementary school (intended for XNUMXrd - XNUMXth graders) no prior knowledge of programming is necessary - an attractive game for children, by the actions the student does he actually learns basic programming rules.
Cyber ​​Championship for high schools - a very high level game that requires advanced science skills, software engineering and even cyber studies.
The purpose of the competitions: to increase the motivation and desire of students to learn technological subjects, to increase the motivation of students to program inside and outside of the school activity hours,  to encourage more teenagers to develop self-study ability, group work, a sense of competence and thinking outside the box.

Minister of Education Naftali Bennett congratulated all the contestants and said: "You have reached and qualified for the finals, we believe in you and your competitiveness, in your ability to develop a brilliant strategy today and in the future. The teamwork you are experiencing now will build you essential skills for the future. A quarter of a million children from the periphery to the center from all strata of the population participated in this technological revolution and enjoyed learning cyber and programming. This is nothing less than a revolution."

Dr. Ofer Rimon, Director of ICT and Technology Administration: "The combination of the elementary competitions alongside the high school students' competitions creates for the young students the horizon and ambition to reach the high school competition. Alongside this, the presence of high-tech companies in high schools creates for these students the ambition to integrate into the high-tech industries, and this is the chain we are trying to create for the benefit of the State of Israel."