The Nativot team was announced as the winner of the scratch competition of the Lahava program run by the Ministry of Science
In the Scratch competition held in recent weeks among children and teenagers at Lahava centers in Israel, the team from the city of Nativot came in first place for the game developed by "occupying space". The winners are Shlomo Deltroff, Nehorai Amar and Anbar Chen. The team was guided by Avi Rolevich.
The ceremony of awarding the certificates and prizes took place this week (Sunday, June 19) in Netivot in the presence of Science Minister Ofir Akunis and Netivot Mayor Yehiel Zohar.
Minister of Science Ofir Akunis said: "I congratulate the team that won the competition and am happy to honor them in their city Nativot. Life in a technological world should be a reality that is possible for all residents of the State of Israel, with all that implies. We have set ourselves a major goal - to promote and make accessible the exposure of Israeli citizens to the fields of science and technology and we will continue to work hard on this, in all regions of the country."
The Ministry of Science works to increase the exposure of the entire population to the fields of science and technology, including digital literacy. Among other things, the ministry promotes the Lahava program, to reduce the digital gap in Israeli society, a government project designed to impart free basic computer skills, design programming and an introduction to programming.
30 Lahava centers operate nationwide today, including seven centers in the non-Jewish sector (Shafaram, Rahat, Tayba, Sakhnin, Baka Jat, Ma'ar and Nazareth) and four in the ultra-orthodox sector (Jerusalem, Elad, Bnei Brak and Modi'in Illit).
The project serves more than 50,000 participants a year.
In the last few months, the participants went through scratch programming courses given by Lahava instructors, and their task was to create a game on the theme of "life in a technological world". Scratch is a free and experiential creation environment that allows you to create and share interactive content and media such as games, stories and animations. 252 children and teenagers from 16 localities across the country participated in the competition.
Five teams advanced to the final stage: Lahava Beit Shean, Lahava Tirat Carmel, Lahava Ofakim, Lahava Netivot and Lahava Kiryat Motzkin. A judging committee on behalf of the Ministry of Science examined the products and selected the Nativot team
