Pupils push a button to switch on the LED lights in order to finish their project during the Robotics and Coding Club Meeting at the Sedi-Laka Primary School in Ivory Park on September 12, 2108, in Johannesburg. - Students from the Mikateka Primary School, PS Tsosane Primary School, DR Mathole Motshekga Primary School and Sedi-Laka Primary school meet for a robotics and coding club proved to be very popular as an extracurricular activities at township schools in Gauteng. This initiative helps to provide, both teachers and learners, with important skills in the increasingly digital world and economy. (Photo by WIKUS DE WET / AFP)
MIDRAND, South Africa: It’s Wednesday, 2pm sharp in the densely-populated South African township of Ivory Park on the outskirts of Midrand – time for about 60 11-year-olds to duel at their local coding club.
Armed with basic coding blocks, inventor kits, laptops and inexhaustible imagination, the six primary school teams compete against each other.
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