{"id":11554,"date":"2026-08-19T15:54:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/?p=11554"},"modified":"2026-08-19T15:54:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:54:58","slug":"middle-east-college-organises-gfp-fest-an-interactive-learning-festival-showcasing-student-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/middle-east-college-organises-gfp-fest-an-interactive-learning-festival-showcasing-student-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East College Organises GFP Fest, an Interactive Learning Festival Showcasing Student Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Middle East College successfully organised GFP Fest, a distinctive educational learning festival that showcased students&#8217; creativity and capabilities in communication, critical thinking, and teamwork through a diverse range of interactive activities. The festival provided students with meaningful opportunities to apply classroom learning in practical and engaging ways. The festival featured several distinctive activities: Treasure Hunt, a clue-solving challenge that promoted collaboration, problem-solving, and communication; Book Review Showcase, where students presented and discussed books they had read to strengthen reading, speaking, and analytical skills; Entrepreneurship Challenge, wherein students pitched innovative business ideas demonstrating creativity, teamwork, and presentation skills; and AI Problem Solutions, where students explored real-world problems and proposed artificial intelligence-based solutions. The festival contributed to advancing experiential learning and developing essential twenty-first-century skills amongst students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Festival Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To showcase student creativity and intellectual and practical capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>To apply academic knowledge in practical and interactive contexts.<\/li>\n<li>To develop communication, critical thinking, and teamwork skills.<\/li>\n<li>To promote creativity, innovation, and leadership amongst students.<\/li>\n<li>To build essential twenty-first-century skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middle East College successfully organised GFP Fest, a distinctive educational learning festival that showcased students&#8217; creativity and capabilities in communication,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/middle-east-college-organises-gfp-fest-an-interactive-learning-festival-showcasing-student-creativity\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Middle East College Organises GFP Fest, an Interactive Learning Festival Showcasing Student Creativity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-at-mec","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11556,"href":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11554\/revisions\/11556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mec.edu.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}