Guyana wins medals at the 2025 Caribbean STEM Olympiads

The Caribbean Science Foundation (CSF) held the third annual Caribbean STEM Olympiads (CSO) on 13 – 19 January 2025 in a virtual format.
In these Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Olympiads, individuals and teams representing educational institutions or themselves competed in Math, Computer Coding, and Robotics & Electronics Systems Olympiads at three different age levels (12 – 15, 16 – 18 and 19 – 21).
In the competitions, the focus was on rewarding inventiveness, as well as critical, logical and analytical thinking. In particular, the Math Olympiad was held in a Jeopardy-style format and covered the fundamentals in topics ranging from consumer arithmetic to vector calculus.
The Computer Coding Olympiad tasked applicants with creating apps, games, and websites aimed at solving a challenge faced by Caribbean communities.
The challenges tackled by teams in the 2025 Olympiads included geo-hazards and climate change, cultural preservation, conservation science and ecology, inter and intra country transportation, food safety and security, safe after-hours transport for women and youth, and financial education.

The Robotics & Electronics Systems Olympiad tasked the Level I applicants with building innovative systems from kits, whereas the Level III robotics and electronics systems teams were required to design and assemble their robots starting from the basic-components level.
A total of 264 students from 9 Caribbean countries registered for the 2025 Olympiads, making it the highest registration to date.
After the preliminary rounds, 41 teams (98 students) made it to the finals. There were 34 finalists in the Math Olympiad, 39 in the Computer Coding Olympiad, and 25 in the Robotics & Electronics Systems Olympiad.
Medal certificates and cash prizes of US$ 500, 400, 300 and 200 were awarded to teams winning platinum, gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively.
The Medals and Awards Ceremony, held on Sunday 19 January 2025, revealed that Jamaica led the medal count with 10 medals, followed by Belize and Guyana with 4 each, and Barbados, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago with 2 each.

In 2025 platinum medals were awarded to teams who received a final score between 95 per cent and 100 per cent, as the CSF continued to raise the standard of the Olympiads.
The gold medal and one of the bronze medals won by Guyana were earned by Temidara Oyedotun, a 13-year-old student attending School of the Nations.
His gold medal was won in Level I of the Computer Coding Olympiad for his data processing project, “State of the Soil: State of the Crop”, which examined the effects of factors, such as bacteria, on food safety and security.
His bronze medal was earned for his great performance in Level I of the Math Olympiad.
Tomika Wallace, Titianna Wells, and Rihanna Taylor of Queen’s College won a silver medal in Level II of the Computer Coding Olympiad for their game “Tides of Tomorrow” which sought to address the issue of conservation science and ecology by educating the player through a first-hand experience of the delicate, challenging, and determined life of a sea turtle.

Another team who attends Queen’s College, but represented themselves, won a bronze medal in the Level I Robotics & Electronics Systems Olympiad.
The team’s members were Ciel Clement, Akemi Glasgow, Koyama Blair and Aditi Joshi, who presented their project “Dual Arm Forceps Recovery Bot”, a robotic system designed to tackle recovery challenges in post-conflict zones.
Professor Cardinal Warde, the Interim Executive Director of the CSF said, “I am impressed by the level of achievement of the participants. However, it is clear that the CSF needs to do more to enhance the quantity and quality of robotics and embedded systems in the Region. To aid those Robotics & Electronics Systems teams that start early in preparation for the 2026 Olympiads, the CSF will issue a call for proposals to assist such teams in covering the upfront costs of components.”
The competing students also had a lot to say. Temidara Oyedotun, gold and bronze medallist, stated, “The Olympiads were very suspenseful and exciting, and I enjoyed every moment of the competitions. Also, I thank you for recognising all the months of hard work I put into preparing for the two challenges I took part in.”
Tomika Wallace of the silver medallist team “Level Up” said, “It has truly been an incredible opportunity to test our skills and embark on a memorable and enriching experience.”
Akemi Glasgow of “Tech Queens”, who won a bronze medal said, “We are truly honoured to receive this recognition. This journey has been a testament to teamwork and innovation, and we would just like to thank our teachers, mentors, the organisers, judges and everyone who supported us. This achievement inspires us to continue to breaking barriers in tech.”