Turkmen school students won 6 gold and 4 silver medals at the ‘iWISE Global Final London 2026’ international competition, which took place in London from 2 to 7 August. This was reported by the press office of the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan.

School students from 25 countries around the world took part in the competition. Turkmenistan was represented by 10 students selected from schools across the country. They were led by Myrat Sahetgulyev, a computer science teacher at the 1st Specialised Educational Complex in Arkadag, and Gochmyrat Bayramov, a history teacher at Specialised Secondary School No. 97 with an in-depth focus on language subjects in Ashgabat.

The participants competed in three categories: line-following robot, maze-solving robot, and mini-sumo robot.

Gold medals were awarded to Resulberdi Orazberdiyev, Salyh Kakalyev and Resulgeldi Geldiyev (Specialised Secondary School No. 97, Ashgabat), Selim Begmyradov (Secondary School No. 7, Ashgabat), Nurmyrat Kulov (Specialised Secondary School No. 87, Ashgabat) and Malikmyrat Annamyradov (the 1st Berdimuhamed Annayev Specialised Military School of the Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan).

The silver medallists were Salyh Altyev (School No. 97, Ashgabat), Rozymurat Yagshymuradov (Secondary School No. 13, Ashgabat), Ebubekir Berdiyev (Specialised Secondary School No. 3, Arkadag) and Umit Atamuradov (Specialised Secondary School No. 2, Arkadag).

Five Turkmen school students were recognised as ‘Best of the Best’ and received cash prizes.