Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, in partnership with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), will convene 125 students from 15 schools to compete in its annual go IT competition at the Shangri-La Hotel. TCS and TDSB have been working together since the 2014 launch of the go IT program and to date have engaged more than 6,000 students.

TCS' goiT program helps to inspire students to learn new technology skills essential to modernizing and transforming every single industry. TCS facilitates this through programing that includes design thinking skills and hands-on coding and robotics experience.

The contest being held today is a culminating event, which brings together grade eight and nine students who have participated in the go IT program over the last year. The grade eight students will compete in a hands-on robotics challenge, while those in grade nine have been tasked with designing a health and well ness app. TCS has even offered to support the winning team in further developing their app.

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