Nigerian students win gold at World Adolescent Robotics in China

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The students, Tawakalitu Giwa, Oluwaseun Omotayo and Ayomide Adetunji also won the “Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli’ Award for Courageous Achievement at the event organised by the China Association of Science and Technology.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, The National Coordinator of the competition, Mrs Remi Willoughby, announced the victory in a telephone interview with NAN on Monday, July 30, 2018.

NAN reports that the students – two females and a male from Lagos State schools – were part of the Team Nigeria to the FIRST Global Robotic Olympics (GRO) in Washington DC in 2017.

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They were selected for the China competition based on their performances at the FIRST GRO.

The team was sponsored by Aramex and Doculand Nig.

While speaking to NAN, Willoughby said that proper documentation of processes on engineering note was one of the 10 award categories in the competition.

''Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli Award for Courageous Achievement is awarded to the team that exhibits a `can-do’ attitude throughout the challenge even under difficult circumstances, or when things do not go as planned.

“It is bestowed on the team that can best demonstrate resilience and perseverance in the face of great difficulty.

“This award looks at how teams embody professionalism, face challenges they encounter and how they overcome them,’’ she said.

Willoughby also announced that three other students who represented Nigeria at the 2018 Pan African Robotic Competition in Senegal emerged second in robotics performance.

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