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Four Islamic Development Network (IDN) Jonggol Junior School (SMP) Students, Bogor regency, West Java, succeeded in winning the best performance medal award in the 21st Guangxi Youth Robotics Competition which took place in Laibin, Guangxi, China from 18 to 19 May 2024. The four outstanding Indonesian students are Aurell Ghania Ramadhani, Furqon Abdul Aziz, Rayhan Kenzie Avando, and Mohammed Jiazhen Faheem.

The 21st Guangxi Adolescent Robotics Competition was attended by 4,000 participants, 1,000 of whom came from China, and 3,000 participants came from Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Feti Paramida as accompanying teacher said, apart from honing students' skills in the IT field, the Guangxi Youth Robotics Competition also motivates students to show off their talents in international events, sharpen their English language skills and provide an extraordinary  experience. In this competition, children who are involved in the world of IT robotics competed in basic robot skills, a robot hegemony competition, a competition for robots carrying Artificial Intelligence (AI). According to Feti, students of the Islamic Development Network (IDN) Jonggol have been given three years of training in skills to develop games, create websites, build robots, edit videos, design and create applications as part of the school curriculum. She stated that IDN students will be able to master the sciences in IT even though they are still young. This skill is a complement to the ability to memorize the Al-Qur'an as the key to success in this world and the afterlife.