General News of Thursday, 23 May 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

Jackson College congratulates Methodist Girls’ SHS for 2019 World ROBOFEST win

Team ACRO-BOT from the Mamfe High School came first beating opposition from the United States Team ACRO-BOT from the Mamfe High School came first beating opposition from the United States

Methodist Girls’ High School at Mamfe-Akuapem in the Eastern Region has been hailed for winning the 2019 World ROBOFEST Competition held in Michigan in the United States of America.

The Pro-Director of Jackson College of Education, Mr Daniel Jackson applauded the team for their sterling performance on the international stage indicating it is a morale booster to other second cycle institutions in the country.

Mr Jackson noted that Jackson College of Education is committed to developing and inspiring the youth of Ghana to make huge strides relative to their application of scientific knowledge that evolves new technology.

He added that the achievement of Methodist Girls’ SHS needs to be emulated by other schools in Ghana. The future is Artificial Intelligence (AI) Augmented Reality (AR) and so on which all have robotics as foundation.

It’s estimated that more than 20,000 teams from almost 60 countries participated in this year’s Robot Olympiad organized annually for youngsters from all over the world

The 20th edition of the robotic driven approach in solving tasks, saw the school from Ghana winning the ultimate game competition.

The task given comprised building a robot to arrange boxes according to a Binary Number Given. This Binary Number is unveiled when all robots are impounded.

Mr Daniel Jackson commended the instructors for their hard work and commitment in generating positive image for Ghana’s education.

He urged young people to be innovative to solve problems confronting our society.

MEGHIS, had earlier triumphed from the preliminary contests held in Ghana among all the top senior high schools.

The annual competition in Ghana, under the code name; Robotics Inspired Science Education, (RISE) is organized by Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation founded by Dr. Ashitey Trebi-Olenu.