On April 14, the ROBOTACON WRO 2023 competition was officially launched. The competition is a bridge for educational and training cooperation between Vietnam and Denmark in many aspects. This is also a useful playground for children who are passionate about technology and wish to explore and practice necessary skills for the future.
Theme of the contest: "Global engagement"
The contest with the theme "Global Engagement" is organized by the Danish Embassy and related units. On the morning of April 14, at Phenikaa University, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Huu Do attended and spoke at the launching ceremony of "ROBOTACON WRO World Robot Competition (World Robot Olympiad) 2023" with the opinion: The ROBOTACON WRO 2023 competition will strengthen and further develop the educational and training cooperation between Vietnam and Denmark in many aspects.
ROBOTACON WRO 2023 competition is officially launched
The Deputy Minister said: Towards building quality human resources for the future, the Ministry of Education and Training has issued a new general education program, starting from the 2020-2021 school year. The general education program encourages integrated teaching and officially includes mandatory content of experiential and problem exploration activities, practice activities and practice activities.
The competition will be a launching pad to help students develop comprehensively
Sharing about the ROBOTACON WRO contest, Danish Ambassador Nicolai Prytz believes that the contest will be an interesting playground, contributing to training Vietnamese young people in necessary skills of the 21st century such as: Thinking critical thinking, teamwork, problem solving and technology mastery.
The Danish Ambassador believes that children will learn many things at the competition
Deputy Minister Nguyen Huu Do also expressed his hope that through the ROBOTACON WRO playground, students will practice soft skills; thereby building a positive, friendly learning environment and developing creative, dynamic thinking and a sense of responsibility. All are motivating students to explore and learn science, computer skills, and programming through simple and intuitive programming software; especially skills in using technical tools through accompanying technical software.
In addition, with a focus on developing the quality and capacity of learners, the Ministry of Education and Training pays great attention to innovating teaching content, teaching methods and assessment, including STEM education ( Science - Technology - Engineering - Mathematics) plays a very important role. Currently, the Ministry of Education and Training has organized pilot implementation and mass implementation of STEM education at secondary level; Piloting STEM education at the primary level in 07 provinces/cities and achieving very positive results, the application of STEM teaching organization is spreading strongly to primary education establishments across the country. water.
Scale of the ROBOTACON WRO 2023 competition
ROBOTACON WRO is one of the most prestigious and large-scale competitions globally for teenagers from 6 to 19 years old. Here, students from all over the world can demonstrate their thinking capacity and problem-solving skills through robot competitions and challenges, as well as create projects.
Coming to the competition, children can experience and develop comprehensively
ROBOTACON WRO 2023 held in Vietnam will have 2 qualifiers: the Southern qualifier in Ho Chi Minh City with an expected 300 teams and the Northern qualifier in Hai Phong with an expected 200 teams. The final round will be held in August 2023 in Hanoi to find the best teams and contestants representing Vietnam to compete at the world finals in Panama.
The ROBOTACON WRO 2023 competition creates opportunities for students to invent and discover, contributing to cultivating a generation ready to face and solve the problems and challenges of the future.
