MC-SAID Grade 8 students Althea Erin Bailon and Mark Julius Miranda participated in the National IT Competition 2018 for Youth with Disabilities on October 5, 2018. The competition was held at the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Valenzuela Campus.

Bailon and Miranda, both first-time competitors, were mentored by Teacher Genaro "Gene" Jimenez together with last year's gold medalist and school mate, Janna Tan (Grade 10). The competition engaged participants in problem solving in the field of Information Technology (IT) which is categorized under 4 groups: visual, hearing, mobility, and intellectual disabilities.

Bailon won 3rd place and a cash award in the hearing impairment category.  She also received a certificate and a cash prize for winning 3rd place as the overall highest scorer among the different categories.

The GITC is held every year in different Asian countries such as Indonesia, Korea, Vietnam, among others. 

For giving their best in the competition, Bailon and Miranda proved that deaf students can!