Preparatory workshop for Int’l Science Olympiad, Robot Olympiad held

Campus Report :

The British Council, Department of Public Libraries and Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) will jointly organise nationwide preparatory workshops for the International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO), International Robot Olympiad (IROC) and World Robot Olympiad (WRO). For successfull execution of these activities, British Council has renewed the agreement withBdOSN at the Bishwo Shahitto Kendro office in Banglamotor through an event.
Md. Abdul Mannan Ilias, Director General (Additional Secretary) Department of Public Libraries and Ministry of Cultural Affairs was the chief guest at the signing ceremony. Among others, Andrew Newton, Deputy Director, British Council Bangladesh, Kirsty Crawford, Programme Director, Libraries Unlimited, British CouncilandLafifa Zamal, Professor, Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, Dhaka University and Vice President BdOSN were also present.
These international competitions as International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO), International Robot Olympiad (IROC) and World Robot Olympiad (WRO) are held in different countries every year. Participating countries select the contestants from the district level. After that, the selected contestants were sent to different countries to participate in the final round by forming a national team.
The British Council and BdOSN will jointly organise campaigns, awareness and hand-on-training in Government Public Libraries in at least 30 districts of Bangladesh. BdOSN will provide volunteer support for these workshops. The activation will begin in March 2020.
The BdOSN and the British Council signed the agreement in 2018. BdOSN has been providing volunteer support for organising computer coding and programming workshops in the district government public libraries under this agreement since then.