On the morning of December 3, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City organized the city-level final round of the "Students with Startup Ideas" contest for the 2023-2024 school year. Before that, the preliminary round took place from October 17 to November 22, selecting the 12 best projects to continue competing.
Students confidently start a business
Opening the competition between the teams, the project "O con giap" - an extended version of the game O an quan, made by a group of students from Nguyen Thi Minh Khai High School (District 3) brought many interesting experiences to the viewers.
Stemming from the idea of wanting to preserve the traditional culture of the nation, the group combined the game of Chinese checkers and the interactive board game (also known as boardgame), creating a new expanded version to attract more players.
The project targets customers aged 12-30, living in urban areas, with high entertainment needs through convenient games, beautiful 3D design, and game rules instructions in both Vietnamese and English.
The attraction of "O con giap" is the chessboard based on the story of the 12 zodiac animals, the rules of the game increase surprise and unpredictability through functional cards, integrating the treasure trove of folk songs and proverbs of the nation.
The project "Making wild sim toothpaste to prevent and treat tooth decay" by students of Binh Chanh High School (Binh Chanh District) has the advantage of "hitting" the consumer demand for organic products.
With each toothpaste product sold at 21,500 VND/75g tube, consumers can be completely assured of its quality because it is made from plant-based ingredients such as green tea leaves and wild blackberry, which effectively helps prevent and treat tooth decay.
With the project "AI application to identify insect bites", a group of students from Tran Khai Nguyen High School (District 5) was highly appreciated by the judges for their creativity.
Despite being high school students, they have boldly researched and designed an application that uses artificial intelligence to identify insect bites. Accordingly, with just a mobile phone with internet access, users can scan images of insect bites to diagnose the level of danger, first aid solutions and suggestions for where to buy medicine for treatment.
MSc. Nguyen Thu Ha, Ho Chi Minh City Academy of Officials, highly appreciated the practicality of the projects participating in the competition. In addition to the efforts to create products with high use value, the students also demonstrated their sense of contributing to the community, knowing how to preserve and promote the fine traditional cultural values of the nation.
Promote the spirit of innovation
This year, the contest attracted 152 projects. According to Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, Duong Tri Dung, the content of the topics participating in the contest is increasingly diverse. In particular, the contestants are not only high school students but also junior high school students. This is one of the positive signals showing the spread of the startup and innovation movement among students in the city.
"I acknowledge and commend the investment of high schools in career orientation for students. Currently, right from primary school, students have participated in many integrated activities to learn about labor occupations in society. For secondary and high school levels, vocational education is carried out more regularly through many diverse activities," said Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, Duong Tri Dung.
According to the Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, in the context of the country in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular deeply integrating into the world as well as the explosion of information technology, the spirit of entrepreneurship is the key to helping students be better prepared and more successful in life.
A representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said that the competition's ranking results are not the only goal, but more importantly, to help students at all levels develop creative ideas and have a clearer career orientation to further motivate them to develop in the future.
Held for many years, the “Students with Startup Ideas” contest aims to create an environment for students to experience startups, thereby creating a strong change in innovation in high schools. Through the contest, the organizers mobilize additional funding to support potential student projects, promoting the learning and startup movement in the city.
On the afternoon of December 3, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City announced the results of the city-level final round of the contest "Students with startup ideas". Accordingly, the first prize went to the project "BIOPLASTIC - Producing bioplastic items from sweet potatoes, sugarcane bagasse, coffee grounds" by students of Tran Van Giau High School (Binh Thanh District).
In addition, 2 second prizes were awarded to the projects "MERCURY, effective learning and experience of chemistry in the 2018 General Education Program" of Nguyen Huu Huan High School (Thu Duc City) and "TOXIC PRODUCTIVITY with high school students to overcome toxic productivity with a study notebook combined with challenging personal limits" of Tran Van Giau High School (Binh Thanh District).
The organizers also awarded two third prizes and seven consolation prizes to projects participating in the final round.
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