The Municipality of Ploiești will host the South-East Regional of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition!

The Mayor of the Municipality of Ploiești, Mr. Mihai Polițeanu, met today with representatives of the three robotics teams from Prahova County, who will organise, in our city, the South-East Regional of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition.

The working meeting was also attended by the Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Ploiești, Mrs. Zoia Staicu.

During this dialogue with the Ploiești executive, the students presented the project they are involved in, the aforementioned large-scale competition bringing together more than 600 participants from the counties of Prahova, Buzău, Ialomița, Tulcea, Galați and Brăila.

The South-East Regional of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition will take place at the „Olimpia” Sports Hall, between 7-8 February this year.

The 34 robotics teams that will be present at the Ploiești event will compete for qualification in the National Championship, which will be held in March of this year,  in Bucharest.

The Ploiești event is organised by Nație Prin Educație (Nation Through Education) in collaboration with the three Prahova teams mentioned: BraveBots, Eastern Foxes, inf0(1)Robotics.The Municipality of Ploiești supports the organisation of this event and encourages young people to engage in technological education and innovation.