By Teboho Serutla
Twelve students of Botho University have been awarded prize money, certificates and trophies in a competition known as Huawei Information and Communication Technology (ICT) 2020/21 for their best academic and ICT performances yesterday.
Six students of the overall winners Thuso Sehloho, Sebolele Kala and Sechaba Ramabele were participated as team A while Mapota Kolosane, Katleho Motete and Relebohile Lekhera who were in team B participated in the fifth Huawei ICT regional Final Sub-Saharan competition hosted by Huawei.
Overall, Lesotho got position three which qualifies team A to the global final organized by Huawei headquarters in China to be held virtually on November 6-14 this year. Participants in team A were awarded trophies while team B received certificates of achievement.
The prize money was awarded to other remaining students who excelled in school academic studies.
Those constituting team A have already started making preparations for the upcoming Huawei ICT global competition.
One of the students who participated in more than one competition, Sehloho listed the competitions he has joined from 2018-19 in Botswana regional competitions where he says he represented Botswana.
He added that he represented Lesotho in the 2019-20 regional and global ICT competitions.
The manager for education in the institution, Augustin Minalkar encouraged the students to continue working harder and reminded them of their commitment to study harder than never in their school work.
The awards ceremony was held at the school’s offices.
