Last Updated on January 31, 2024, 7:45 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Abijith Srinivasan, a twelve-year-old student from Charlestown Secondary School-Nevis, has emerged victorious at the 2024 Caribbean STEM Olympiads competition, winning the silver medal in a Computer Coding Olympiad.
The Caribbean Science Foundation hosted the Caribbean STEM Olympiads competition virtually from 17 to 21 January 2024.
Abijith Srinivasan showed the brilliance of young minds in the realm of technology by conquering other opponents during the Olympiad.
In addition to the silver medal, Abijith Srinivasan earned a certificate and a cash prize of US $400.00.
He earned the silver medal in Level I of the Computer Coding Olympiad. He formed a one-person team called “CoolXing”. Srinivasan presented his video game titled “Danger Dash”, which focused on raising awareness about geohazards in the region.
It was reported that the Caribbean Science Foundation, the Computer Coding Olympiad, requested all participants to create apps, games, and websites aimed at solving a challenge faced by Caribbean communities.
They were 131 students who participated in this competition from across 11 Caribbean countries who registered for the 2024 event Srinivasan was one of 131 students.
When interviewed, Abhijith Srinivasan first expressed gratitude to everybody for the opportunity to compete in the Coding Olympiad.
Abhijith Srinivasan highlighted that he was inspired when he visited the Student Programme for Innovation in Science and Engineering scholars, and immediately triggered to compete again next year.
The interim Executive Director of the Caribbean Science Foundation, Professor Cardinal Warde, highlighted that in 2024, they raised the bar a little higher than it was in the inaugural year of the Math Olympiad, 2023.
Professor Cardinal Warde accentuated that he was impressed by the performance of the medalists.
To further raise the bar for our robotics and coding efforts, starting in April of 2024, the Caribbean Science Foundation will offer coaching sessions for interested robotics and coding teams to help them prepare for our 2025 Robotics and Computer Coding Olympiads. Professor Cardinal Warde added.
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