Young coding enthusiasts from around the country have a chance to test their skills and creativity in solving the country’s pressing health and wellness issues in the Algorithm of Welfare National Coding Competition.
Organized by Malayan High School of Science, in collaboration with its mother school Mapúa University, the coding competition is open to all elementary and junior high school students nationwide.
The Algorithm of Welfare will run from January 10 to March 4, 2022. Interested participants have two categories to choose from: the Bit Category is open to students from Grades 5 and 6, and the Byte Category accepts participants from Grades 7 to 9.
Schools that wish to join the coding challenge can send a maximum of two teams per category with each team consisting of one to three students from the same school and one coach. Teams will develop Android applications that adhere to the theme “Coding the Smart Path to Wellness and Health.”
The top three winners for each category will receive certificates, cash prizes, and souvenirs.
Registration to the competition is ongoing until January 10, 2022. To learn more about and register for the Algorithm of Welfare National Coding Competition, visit https://bit.ly/3laTK9c or email coding@malayanscience.edu.ph
Malayan High School of Science is the junior high school of Mapúa University, the premier engineering and technological institution in the Philippines. Malayan Science has a robust Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum with special focus on Research, Robotics and Technology, Coding, and Multimedia and Arts.
