The organizers of the Pan- African Robotics Competition (PARC) are calling on universities and secondary schools to take part in the 2018 edition of the competition.
The competition is hosted by the Association of STEM Educators in Nigeria (ASEN) which is an umbrella non-government and non-for profit association of STEM charities, philanthropist and volunteers in Nigeria. STEM is acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Africa has 6 out of 10 fastest growing economies but it also has the highest disease burden in the world. PARC 2018 challenges African student to devise solutions to provide access to quality Health services using science and technology – Surgical Robotics, Wearable Biosensors, Hand-held Point of Care Diagnostics, Virtual and Augmented Reality in Healthcare education, Organs on a chip, Internet of Things for Healthcare, Drug/Vaccine development and manufacturing, etc. The PARC 2018 which takes place once a year will be taking place in Kigali, Rwanda.
The main objective of the ASEN is to promote, develop and nurture STEM education and its application in Nigeria.
Consequently, Brainiacs STEM & Robotics in collaboration with ASEN and Start up Arewa is organizing a 2-day Hackathon to select a team to join the ASEN Nigerian delegation to Rwanda for PARC 2018. The selection will focus on the following 2 categories as outlined in by PARC:
- Makers League (Grades: 9 – 12), Age: 15 – 19 years, Challenge: Hospitals of the Future
- Engineering League (Grades: Undergraduates), Challenge: Enabling the Disabled
Interested candidates should complete this form to register. For more information and guidelines, please refer to www.letslearn.ng/events
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