SMK Rosli Dhoby teams strike gold at Saintex 2018
SIBU: Three teams from SMK Rosli Dhoby won gold awards at Young Innovators Challenge (YIC) competition held in conjunction with Sarawak Invention and Innovation Exhibition ( Saintex) 2018 here.
The teams Youniverse, Infinity RD and Titan Inventor competed under the secondary school category.
The silver award winners were SHS T3 from SMK Sacred Heart, The Three Frankenstein from SMK Rosli Dhoby and White Shield from SMK Methodist.
The bronze award recipients were 6 from SMK Sungai, Gen Z from SMK Methodist, Fantastic Science from SMK Lanang, Girl’Sard from SMK Kampung Nangka and Super G from SMK Methodist.
For the Junior Innovate challenge for primary schools, the gold award winners were teams from SJK Thai Kwang namely Super Techies, Quest Tech and Kingstech.
Teams Savvy Youngsters from SJK Thai Kwang, Fantastic Boom from SK Bandaran Sibu No.3 and Cool Partners from SK Bandaran Sibu No. 3 were the silver award winners.
Three teams from SK Abang Ali namely Abang Ali Kuat, Abang Ali Boleh and Abang Ali Cerdik as well as JJ Team from SJK Su Lai won the bronze award.
Saintex 2018 was held on Aug 11 and 12 at University College of Technology Sarawak (UCTS).
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation ( MDEC) Talent and Digital Entrepreneurship vice president Sumithra Nair, UCTS’ Centre for Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD) director Associate Professor Dr Ramli Rashidi and UCTS’ School of Computing dean associate professor Dr Bakri Madon presented the prizes to the winners.