Schools Challenge

New to TechNExt for 2024, the Schools Challenge will engage North East school children in tech and with tech employers in the region.

Participation is encouraged from schools across the region, for children aged 9-13 years. Schools Challenge expression of interest now open!

How will it work?

Technology is all around us, but sometimes it‘s difficult to understand what a career in the tech industry might be like – the Schools Challenge will help school children get an insight into the industry. By focusing on ‘Tech for Good’ – the Challenge will encourage school children to develop an innovative tech-based solution that addresses a real life problem that could help them and the world they live in!

School children can work together as a class or as small groups, supported by their teacher, to come up with a solution to the challenge. The finished result is then uploaded online for viewing by the regional tech panel!

One submission from each local authority area will be selected by the committee to be invited to a celebration event on the morning of Tuesday 18 June, in Durham City Centre.