Botswana: The Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport, and Culture attended the Brainstream & Ed-Tech Africa meet and greet session. The meeting was hosted on Thursday with the representatives from the Ministry of Youth, Sports, Culture at al.
The Ministry has also shared some glimpses from the meet and greet session on their social media account. The leaders of the Ministry detailed on their experience of participating in the Brainstream & Ed-Tech Africa meet and greet session.
They met young innovators and gifted science minded children in the meeting. According to the details shared by the ministry, the meeting featured several crucial discussions and exchange of ideas.
The youngsters who were part of the meet and greet session were able to learn several new things during the session. The people of Botswana have appreciated the Brainstream & Ed-Tech Africa for organizing the meet and greet.
Brainstream is a service provider which seeks to equip children between the age of 4-8 years with technological and robotics skills. The organization trains the children in topics such as coding, artificial intelligence, drones, 3D graphic and printing courses.
The aim of the training with the intention to nurture them for potential successes in the tech industry. Brainstream in partnership with Ed-tech learning institute have successfully reached out to in 25 primary and junior schools.
In the past 4 years, Brainstream have been teaching children how to develop robotic devices through technology and innovative equipment. These new innovations should be able to identify and solve real life social problems such as:
- Food dispensors
- Window washing machines
- Pizza cutting machines
- Windmills
- Vending machines
- Automatic and parking machines, etc
Brainstream and Ed-tech Learning I Institute strives to:
– Enhance creativity and innovation in Botswana,
– Bridge the gap of gender ineqiality in STEM,
– Prepare childern for future job opportunities,
– Create benefits for children with special needs and transition from being a resource based economy to a knowledge-based economy.