00:00STEM training is to be a feature of the primary school curriculum come the new academic year
00:05as the government moves to prepare TNT's youth for the future.
00:10I want to tell you that at the primary and secondary level,
00:15I'm reintroducing science and math with digital technology
00:20from standard 3 up in the primary school through what is called the continuous assessment.
00:25So from primary school, and it will go towards your SEA marks.
00:32And secondary school students are not to be left out.
00:36So I spoke to Professor Prakash also about,
00:41there's a subject in secondary school called technology education.
00:45Let's do a deep dive and include the robotics and AI and all the other technologies into that subject.
00:52So for incoming students, for those of you who are progressing,
00:57we want to make the curriculum more exciting.
01:00We want you to want to come to school and to learn.
01:03The minister was speaking at the first Tech Challenge Tournament 2026,
01:08the successor to the Lego League, hosted by NEHIRST.
01:12Since launching its robotic initiatives, NEHIRST has been on the ground,
01:17building our country's capacity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
01:27Through our robotics camps, workshops, competitions, teacher training, coding initiatives,
01:37STEM outreach, we've given thousands of students and educators
01:42the tools and confidence to thrive in a world shaped by technology.
01:51Title sponsor, Shell, hailed NEHIRST for their continued partnership
01:55and investment in innovation.
01:58As I was walking around the room, I heard the stories from the coaches
02:04about the robot, the power cable didn't work, something else failed.
02:10I was looking at the competition, and one of the wheels from a robot
02:14that was in the middle of the competition actually snapped.
02:18It got snagged in a piece of tape.
02:22And those are the life skills that you are developing, not resilience.
02:27Technology will change.
02:30The people who continue to learn and adapt,
02:34those are the people who will continue to be the leaders
02:39and the minds that really shape this world.
02:42So today, your robot is not the achievement.
02:46You are.
02:47The awardees are as follows.
02:50Inspire Award winner, Maple Leaf Robotics.
02:54Robot Alliance winner and Robot Alliance grant winner,
02:57Presentation College Shiguanas, as well as Shiguanas North Secondary.
03:02Robot Alliance finalists, Maple Leaf.
03:06Finalist Alliance, Trinity College Mocha.
03:10Design Award winner, Presentation College Shiguanas.
03:14Connect Award winner, Waterloo Secondary School.
03:17And Think Award winner, Tranquility Government Secondary.
03:21Congratulations to all the awardees.
03:25Renasa Cutting, TV6 News.
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