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During the month of October, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s School of Information and Communication (ICT) and First LEGO league will partner up to the bring First LEGO® league (FLL)in the Eastern Cape . Nine teams from schools around Nelson Mandela Bay will compete for the first prize. The winning team will then go on to compete in Johannesburg for the SA FLL National Championship. Teams who perform well at the SA FLL National Championship may also be invited to participate in the FLL World Festival hosted in St. Louis, Missouri early next year. The international robotics programme is designed to introduce children between the ages 9 and 16 to the fun and excitement of science and technology ,develop children’s abilities to work in teams and furthermore stimulate children’s use of creativity in the problem solving process. Zoliswa Charles from the NMBM Disaster Management Centre will be attending and addressing the audience in support of the theme, ‘Nature’s Fury’ of which the tournament is based on. The event will start at 09h00 on 12 October and will be held at the NMMU Vodacom Indoor Sport's Centre. Entrance is free. More Info link:: http://www.fllsa.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NMMUSchoolofICT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NMMU.FLL YouTube: Author: Samkelwe Gqomo from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Originally distributed by MyPR.co.za. No of Images Uploaded: One For high res version/s of these One image/s please contact: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Images: Photographer: Photographer: …

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