Young Malaysian innovators shine in Bandung
The event, hosted at Universitas Komputer Indonesia (UNIKOM), saw 108 teams from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, India, South Korea, Bangladesh, and Kazakhstan competing in innovation-based challenges. The participants were aged between 11 and 12 years old.
School headmistress S. Tamiel Selvi said the students named their teams "Sound Wave Alert System" and "Eco Grow Seed Pot", clinched gold medals, with the former also earning the prestigious Indonesian Young Scientist Association (IYSA) special award.
Two other Malaysian teams from the school, - Microbial Alchemy and the Vision Superheroes IOT, secured silver medals.
The competition, organised annually by the IYSA, challenges participants to develop technological solutions to real-world problems. For Rini's young innovators, this marks another proud moment for Malaysia on the global stage.
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