Online applications are open and invited from Students in Southeast Asia for the Bett Asia School Challenge 2023 by iTrain Asia, Singapore. The last date for registration is September 8, 2023.
About iTrain Asia
Headquartered in Singapore with branch offices in Malaysia and Indonesia, iTrain Asia is a digital technology certification body that provides a wide range of certifications in mobile application development, big data, industry 4.0, artificial intelligence, fintech and digital marketing via Authorised Training Partners based in major cities across Asia.
About the Challenge
An exciting new initiative for 2023, the Bett Asia School Challenge is a Southeast Asia-wide competition for students aged 7-17, created to promote big-thinking and innovative ideas on a large scale, to help provide solutions for schools and education issues using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Supported by iTrain Asia & Sponsored by Google for Education, the challenge aims to drive grassroots innovation in schools, and will allow students to showcase their solutions and ideas using four key skills:
- Critical Thinking,
- Collaboration,
- Creativity,
- Communication.
Eligibility Criteria
The challenge will ask students to imagine solutions for today’s problems to help tomorrow’s world across three unique design challenges based on three of the SDGs:
- Life below Water (SDG 14) for students aged 6-12.
- Life on Land (SDG 15) for students aged 13-17.
- Climate Action (SDG 13) for students aged 13-17.
Benefits
Winners will receive a coveted Bett Asia School Challenge trophy and exciting prizes!
How to Apply?
Interested candidates can apply via this link.
Application Process
- Students will work in teams of a minimum of 3 to a maximum of 10 on their chosen projects at school from mid-July and submit their final project by September 8.
- Finalists will be approached individually so that they can arrange their travel as early as possible.
- Finalists will be asked to pitch their projects onstage to a panel of judges in front of all participating schools at the exciting live final at Bett Asia (taking place at the Athenee Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand) on October 5, 2023, in the morning.
