Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Mandela Day Coding Tournament

 The Mpumalanga ICT CLUB will bring excitement and the much needed skills of the future to the grade 7 learners who will be joining the  "The Mandela Day Coding Tournament" on the 18th July 2022 at Witbank High School,  eMalahleni in Mpumalanga. 

Participating schools will bring about 2 to 4 teams of 5 members to this Coding Tournament.  All schools hosted  TANKS Coding workshop recently in preparation for the Mandela Day Coding Tournament.  We are excited that this Tournament will be happening in 9 provinces of the country in various venues including some African countries like Kenya, Tanzania,  Namibia.


The main coordinator of this event is Prof. Jean Greyling in partnership with Leva Foundation and other supporting organizations . The Tournament will give our learners an opportunity to interact with one another, celebrate the Mandela Day and the winning teams will walk away with undisclosed prizes. We encourage teachers to prepare their teams for this day.

Coding is an essential skills for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and with this tournament we are hoping to excite learners to be future coders and above all, we want them to have fun. Coding makes learners to enjoy coming to school and prepare for their future.

Phopolo Primary School 

We take this opportunity to thank all participating teams, our Facilitators and Prof Jean Greyling of Nelson Mandela University Computing Sciences for this opportunity.  We are ready and we want to enjoy the day with more fun games from Rangers and TANKS Coding Apps.