Fund B92 launches new campaign, "Battle for Knowledge"

Fund B92 launches new campaign, "Battle for Knowledge"

"There is a robot in the box that will be used for the education of children who register for the campaign Battle for Knowledge; with this robot children can program various functions," said Miomir Popeskov from the Center for Creative Thinking "Kliker".

It consists of 38 parts which the children will assemble, program, and thanks to it, learn - this is the mBot.

The new teaching tool will be used by professors who themselves sign up to participate in the campaign. After undergoing training, they will teach children about robotics.

"For years, we have had a feeling that the government is one big abyss when it comes to information technology, learning computer science and its application in Serbia, compared to the rest of the world. The point is to bring robotics and programming closer to everyone. From this moment the first 40 schools that register, that wish to participate, in any part of Serbia, will receive 200 mBots," said Veran Matic of Fund B92.

The first 200 embots for the first 40 of the planned 1,000 schools in Serbia have been provided thanks to the donation of Nenad Bakic, who is already implementing this program in Croatia. "Robotics is learned precisely through trial and error, it you try and it's not working, you're not afraid of trying, it means kids can learn, through robotics, to make mistakes, not through submitting to the authority who says that's how it must be, and no other way," said Bakic.

The campaign has also been supported by the Ministry of Education.

"We find ourselves in at least two components or two competencies, and they are the key competencies. One of them is digital literacy, the other no less important is the entrepreneurial competence," said Vesna Nedeljkovic, Deputy Minister of Education.

Fund B92 is, in addition to the interested schools, also calling on donors to help buy another 800 "mBot" robots, which requires about EUR 80,000.

In addition to donating the idea and experiences, Nenad and Rujana Bakic made a personal donation to the Fund EUR 13,000 to start the campaign in Serbia, which was used to buy 200 embot sets that will equip 40 schools as the campaign starts.

Teachers and schools can register by filling out a form on the website www.bitkazaznanje.rs