KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 (Bernama) -- More than 9,000 secondary school students nationwide have gained exposure to AI through the Hackathon AI Muda@NADI 2026 programme, which also enabled them to develop their own apps.
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Over 9,000 Malaysian secondary students participated in the Hackathon AI Muda@NADI 2026, an initiative by MCMC and partners to teach AI skills and app development. The programme concluded with a two-day final competition featuring 26 teams.
- The programme was organized by MCMC and NADI with CelcomDigi, UKM, and Google for Education.
- Participants completed six weeks of AI learning and digital assessments to reach the finals.
- UKM developed a module teaching generative AI, prompt engineering, and app development using Google Gemini.
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