| James Kon |
FOUR Bruneian students with various special needs will be competing in a special IT competition against youth representatives from 17 nations around the Asia and Pacific region at the Global IT Challenge (GITC) for Youth with Disabilities taking place in Yangzhou City in the Jiangsu Province of China from November 21 to 25.
Led by Education Officer Pengiran Omar bin Pengiran Haji Salleh, the four Brunei representatives are Ahmad Fa’ez bin Abdul Hadi of Rimba Secondary School, Muhammad Azeezul Hakeem bin Yusof of Sayyidina Hasan Secondary School, Murphy Ching Sze Teng of Sayyidina Hasan Secondary School and Muhammad Hariz bin Haji Hassan of Sultan Sharif Ali Secondary School. Besides Pengiran Omar, another officer from the Special Education Unit and a teacher from Rimba Secondary School will also represent Brunei in the IT Forum and will act as training mentors for students.
The students were selected by the Special Education Unit at the Ministry of Education (MoE) based on their performance during the inaugural local IT challenge for students with special needs held last June.
This is the fourth time that Brunei is represented in the GITC event. Last year, four special needs students from Brunei managed to bag one gold and six silvers in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Brunei Delegation in a group photo with their family members before departing to take part at the Global IT Challenge (GITC) for Youth with Disabilities. – JAMES KON
The delegation left Brunei Darussalam for China yesterday morning.
According to Pengiran Omar, “The students will be competing in the categories of e-tool, e-Creative, e-life Map and e-design. We will try to do our best in the competition.”
GITC is an annual event organised by the Korean society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities. About 235 delegates from 17 countries comprising 108 youths with disabilities, 57 senior officials and IT policy experts and 70 volunteers are expected to participate in the event.
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