On March 3rd – 5th,
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation ( MDEC ) joined the STEM PLAYGROUND during Sarawak Career and Training
Fair 2017 in Kuching Sarawak and invited rero to be featured as part of the
content for their activity space. They
had also rounded up an enthusiastic group of rero-trained students from
Politeknik Kuching and UNIMAS to be part of the team. Needless to say, rero jumped on the
opportunity to give back to the community by offering FREE coding classes to
the public for 3 days!
Sarawak Chief Minister YAB Datuk Amar Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari Bin Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg officiated the event and popped by our booth for a chat.
The fair attracted huge crowds and
the STEM PLAYGROUND became a hit with visitors, especially those who brought
children along. The team of 24 rero Jr facilitators trained over
700 children on basic coding where the children get to enjoy first-hand
experience learning to code and using their brand new knowledge to navigate
our new programmable robot, rero Jr.
It was a great productive weekend for all. A big thank you to all who were involved in the cause and a warm hug and welcome to those who had a taste of coding and hope the experience will spark a fantastic change that could lead you to an exciting future.
Check out more photos of the event at our Facebook page.