Cape Verde in collaboration with Makeblock has introduced robotics education into the country’s curriculum.
According to the government of Cape Verde, the move aims at bridging the Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics (STEAM) chasm on the Island.
The mission will be carried out through a project in the Cape Verde Islands named as Weblabs.
Speaking on the development, Jasen Wang, Founder & CEO at Makeblock said, “We are beyond excited to work with NOSI to help close the education gap in Africa. As a global leading company in STEAM education industry, Makeblock always shoulders the social responsibility to serve the whole of society.
“Makeblock, on this grand mission ‘to take education to the next level all over the world’ since day one, has been working actively with global partners to make the STEAM education accessible worldwide. Makeblock believes that with advanced STEAM education solutions, we can help children turn their ideas into reality and make creativity a way of their life,” he added.
According to iafrikans, Weblabs was one of the objectives of NOSI’s (the Operational Nucleus of the Information Society) e-Gov II, which is chaired by the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, with the target to bridge the STEAM education gap by applying advanced information technologies in Cape Verde’s education system.
It is worth knowing that 44 laboratories have been fully equipped in Cape Verde for the implementation of the WebLabs project. Makeblock has been appointed by the Cape Verde government as the exclusive provider of robot kits.
Already Makeblock has provided about 1,000 advanced STEAM education robot kits for the WebLabs project, which includes mBot v1.1 Bluetooth, mBot Ranger 3, mBot Ultimate, and a large number of electronic modules.
