NIHERST presents the Teach ME 2025 National Students’ Innovation Competition

Competition Overview

Calling all Roblox fans and coders!

Calling all Roblox fans and coders! The Teach ME National Students’ Innovation Competition is hosted on the virtual platform Roblox. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system that allows users to design and build their own games as well as play games created by other users. This competition will expose participants to coding, game development and game design, skills they will use to build a virtual community in which they would solve a problem related to the overarching theme Code the Future: Youth Innovation with AI and Digital Tools.

Instructions

Participants would be required to:

1. Create Roblox user account at www.roblox.com
2. Download and install the game-building software Roblox Studio at roblox.com/create
3. Using Roblox, create a solution to a threat or problem in your community in relation to the theme Code the Future: Youth Innovation with AI and Digital Tools
4. Present the idea and virtual prototype to the judging panel.

Prizes

Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in prizes to be won! Prizes will be distributed via Unit Trust Corporation Gift of Units.

Requirements

• All entrants must be nationals of Trinidad and Tobago
• Individuals or teams of up to five (5) persons can enter the competition. All team members must be eligible for the same category i.e. Junior or Senior.
• Ages: 8 – 10 (Juniors) and 11 – 17 (Seniors)

Registration form: Click here!

For further information, please contact teachme@niherst.gov.tt

Competition Timeline

• Extended Registration Deadline: September 30, 2025
• Submission of Draft Prototypes: October 28, 2025
• Submission of Final Prototypes: November 27, 2025
• Final Judging/Presentation of Prototypes: December 6, 2025