27 Grants Awarded to Indiana FIRST Teams
Twenty-seven Indiana high schools or postsecondary institutions are receiving grants totaling $114,500 that will be used to fund teams competing in the FIRST Robotics program, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development announced today.
“We fully recognize the importance of engineering and scientific innovation to the economic future of our country,” said Andrew Penca, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. “It has been estimated that 80 percent of today’s jobs now require problem-solving and analytical thinking. Jobs requiring complex skills have grown at three times the rate of employment in general. Our education pipeline is simply not producing enough talented individuals needed for today’s competitive economy.”
Thanks to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development for their continued support of Indiana’s FIRST teams.
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