Ashesi University College, in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, is pleased to announce the introduction of the Ashesi Robotics Experience (ARX) 2012. ARX is a weeklong program, running from 6th to 10th August 2012, which aims to inspire high school students to study computer science, engineering and other related fields at the university level. Sixty selected students from various Ghanaian high schools will participate in this program.
The workshop will use hands-on robotics programming projects and other computational thinking activities to give participants insights into the prospects of studying computer science and other related subjects at the tertiary level. The participants will learn to build and program robots, using the Lego Mindstorm kit and NXT (for Lego Mindstorm).
Participants will also get to live on Ashesi’s campus and will be mentored by a team of Ashesi faculty, staff, and students. The ARX 2012 is offered in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation and will therefore be completely free for participants. The selected students will also get an opportunity to learn about opportunities for full scholarships to study at Ashesi provided by The MasterCard Foundation for bright but needy students.
For more information, contact: arx@ashesi.edu.gh
