For 10 years, COSMOTE has been contributing to the dissemination and development of Educational Robotics in Greece. This year, the 10th Panhellenic STEM Competition 2024, set a record for participation!
Panhellenic STEM Competition 2024: record participation of 9,000 students from all over Greece
- 330,000 students and teachers benefited in the decade
- Long-term investment in the development of young people's digital skills through strategic collaboration with WRO Hellas and STEM Education
April 04, 2024
With a large participation of 9,000 students from all over Greece, the 10th Panhellenic STEM Competition 2024, organized by STEM Education with strategic partner COSMOTE, was completed. In the ten years of the Panhellenic Competition, more than 53,000 students have participated, more than 15,800 teachers and professors have been trained and more than 1,100 educational equipment packages have been given free of charge. In total, the direct and indirect beneficiaries of the actions are estimated at 330,000.
Mr. Michalis Tsamaz, President and CEO of OTE Group, who during the final competition was awarded for his contribution to the dissemination and development of educational robotics, stated: “With great joy and emotion, we see today thousands of young people engaged in robotics and presenting original technological solutions. Congratulations to all the participating teams. A decade ago, we were among the first to realize the importance of STEM and its dissemination to new generations. We made the decision to invest in young people to develop digital and other important skills, as well as to strengthen their professional orientation towards science and technology. Today, we are pleased to see the significant results of this effort.”
"Over the past ten years, we have experienced unique moments as organizers of the national competition, seeing our country's students better understand natural sciences, automation, think like engineers and work as a team. Thousands of students and teachers participate in this celebration of technology and education every year. We thank COSMOTE for its continued support," said Mr. Yiannis Somalakidis, president of WRO Hellas and STEM Education.
In the final of the Panhellenic STEM Competition 2024, on the theme "Mediterranean, Source of Life and Culture", awards were given to projects that address important environmental and social issues through technology, such as floods, water scarcity, earthquakes. Such a project was presented by a primary school team from Thessaly, which had created automation to predict and avoid floods in the Pinios River, as well as water scarcity in the Thessaly plain. In the High School category, several innovative ideas for the Mediterranean were also presented, such as the climate change hotspot, taking measurements automatically from sensors and collecting data in the cloud.
Finally, in the category "The Lighthouses of the Mediterranean" the children's robots sent the message of good neighborliness from the Lighthouse of Alexandria to all the countries of the wider region.
More information about the 10th anniversaryPanhellenic STEM Competition and the winning teams can be found at stem.edu.gr
Through COSMOTE's ten-year strategic partnership with STEM Education and WRO Hellas for the dissemination of STEM and educational robotics, the Panhellenic Competitions have been established in the student community. COSMOTE's actions around educational robotics and STEM are part of the sustainable development strategy to address social challenges, such as digital inclusion. Because a world where technology is accessible and can be utilized by everyone, is a better world for everyone.
