The Winner of Royal Patron Awards (BICTA)
The Crown Prince and Senior Minister HRH Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee
Billah presented Mindplus with 1st place in the ICT industry as well as the
biennial Royal Patron award for best overall BICTA project.
Tech startup Mindplus won both the ICT industry and the Royal Patron awards at
the Brunei ICT Awards (BICTA) on 31st August 2018 at the International
Convention Centre (ICC). Mindplus’ winning entry was their latest project
Mindtrex – a digital learning application to help pre-university students ace
their respective national examinations through adaptive learning, practice and
simulation.
Pg Mohd Khairi Pg Hj Metussin, Mindplus’ founder has set up a Mindplus office at
Bandung in 2016 to launch their gamified education app for children Islamic Mind
which has registered more than 40,000 downloads and they have worked with
education stakeholders in Indonesia and will open Mindtrex to Medan, Jakarta,
Surabaya, Bandung and Yogyakarta targeting high school students sitting for
Indonesia’s National Exam.
Mindplus plans to monetize the Mindtrex application by charging on a
subscription basis, positioning itself as a more affordable and accessible
option to traditional tuition.
Subscribers will first select a curriculum or exam, and will then be assisted to
develop a personalized study plan which will then be broken down into daily
workouts that are tracked. Mindtrex’s user interface is simplified into three
main categories: learn, practice and exam. “The app is very focused on getting
students better grades in specific exams,” said Pg Mohd Khairi who has
experience running a physical tuition school and publishing arm under his
family’s company PHMD.
“We’ve curated extensively previous exams tests for the specific curriculum
taught like O-Levels and SAT and analyzed their patterns. With the use of
artificial intelligence, the student will be able to have a continuously
evolving personalized improvement programme that can target their weaknesses.”
The Winner of Brunei ICT Awards (APICTA)
BICTA Winners representing Brunei Darussalam received five Merit Awards in three different categories at the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) ceremony held in Guangz on 13 October 2018. Mindplus Education Sdn Bhd with their product Mindtrex won a Merit Award in the 'Inclusions & Community Services – Education' category. Mindtrex is a digital learning platfhou, Chinaorm that offers personalized learning, intelligent tutoring, open response assignments and pedagogically rich analytics with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
14th Edition LiveWIRE Business Awards
In July 2021, Mindtrex Academy joined the 14th Edition of
LiveWIRE Business Awards. The award is an initiative by Shell LiveWIRE Brunei,
funded by Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP) with the objective of
supporting the country’s effort to diversify economically active participation
for rapid development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
The Shell LiveWIRE Brunei Business Awards (LWBA) programme is an
integral part of LiveWIRE International Programme organized around the world,
designed to reward and recognise young entrepreneurs in Brunei Darussalam who
produce high-quality business planning and conduct impressive business
operations. The categories for this year have been simplified to only three
categories: open; start up; and higher institutions. Mindtrex Academy joined the
Start-up category.
The program length spans over a 6-month period, covering market
engagement where participants register through the website, bootcamp, business
mentorship, pitching session, award presentation and networking and alumni
support.
On the 1st November, Mindtrex Academy was announced as one of the finalists for
the category presented to a panel of judges and Shell Livewire staff. Present
during the pitch was our Business Development Manager, Mimi and Managing
Director, Pg. Khairi. The program finally concluded on the 24th November with
the closing and awarding ceremony where Mindtrex Academy was announced as the
1st Runner Up Winner.