Lae students take on the world

TWO girls will represent Papua New Guinea in in Mexico City in an international robot Olympics for high schoolers. The pair from Lae Secondary School in Morobe will compete in the Olympics For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Global Challenge from Wednesday to Saturday.

The event is an annual international robotics challenge organised by the International FIRST Committee Association (IFCA) to ignite passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

The Lae girls – Stephanie Wakma and Emerald Pipingan – will be among 163+ country teams from different countries and will be accompanied by teacher Martha Aaron.

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