Makati students top int’l invention contest

Two young inventors from Makati City captured gold medals for their winning invention at the 5th World Invention Creativity Contest (WICC) 2016 in Seoul, South Korea recently.

Public school students Maven Tavas and Glaiza Orion of Pitogo High School were honored and recognized for their invention, a biopesticide solution that was exhibited under the Environment and Biology Category during the Seoul Trade Exhibition and Convention (SETEC).

Makati Mayor Abby Binay congratulated the students and expressed her delight over the consecutive victories of the city’s public school students in international academic competitions.

“Congratulations to both of you for earning international recognition through your ingenuity. Thank you for all the hard work you have done to come up with an excellent invention. Your parents and your school are surely very proud of you both, and so are we, your city government, and the people of Makati,” said Binay in her message to them.

Tavas and Orion, both Grade 10 students, exhibited their invention named “The Insecticidal Activity of Fractionated Catharantus roseous (Pink Periwinkle) Leaf Extract against Corcyra cephalonica (Rice Moth) and Tribolium castaneum (Red Flour Beetle).”

WICC, organized by the Korea University Invention Association, aims to promote science and technology as an essential element in nurturing the youth’s creativity, innovation and development, and give them an opportunity to present their inventions to an international audience.