Prempeh College, a prestigious all-boys boarding school in Ghana, has won the Unknown Mission Challenge at the 2024 World Robotics Olympiad (WRO). The team was awarded a $80,000 scholarship to continue their education at a university in the United States.
The World Robotics Olympiad is an international robotics competition for students aged 6 to 19. The competition is designed to promote STEM education and to inspire students to pursue careers in science and technology.
The Unknown Mission Challenge is one of the most challenging events at the WRO. Teams are given a set of materials and a set of instructions, and they must design and build a robot that can complete a specific task.
Prempeh College’s team was one of 10 teams that competed in the Unknown Mission Challenge at the 2024 WRO. The team was given a set of materials and a set of instructions, and they had to design and build a robot that could sort and stack a set of colored blocks.
The Prempeh College team’s robot was able to successfully complete the task, and they were awarded the gold medal in the Unknown Mission Challenge.
In addition to the gold medal, the Prempeh College team was also awarded a $80,000 scholarship to continue their education at a university in the United States. The scholarship will cover the cost of tuition, room and board, and other expenses.
Prempeh College’s victory at the 2024 World Robotics Olympiad is a testament to the school’s commitment to STEM education. The team’s hard work and dedication has paid off, and they have earned a well-deserved scholarship to continue their education.
• Prempeh College is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools in Ghana.
• The school has a strong tradition of academic excellence, and its students have gone on to become leaders in government, business, and academia.
• The World Robotics Olympiad is held annually in a different country.
• The 2024 WRO was held in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Prempeh College is the first African school to win the Unknown Mission Challenge at the WRO.