{"id":1293,"date":"2025-04-23T06:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T06:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ministry1.govmu.org\/aicompetition\/?page_id=1293"},"modified":"2026-02-04T05:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T05:50:31","slug":"hackathon-format","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aicompetition.govmu.org\/aicompetition\/?page_id=1293","title":{"rendered":"AI Competiton Categories"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1293\" class=\"elementor elementor-1293\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b21ed84 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b21ed84\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d87637 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5d87637\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-703cae7 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"703cae7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How the Hackathon Works<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-376882d elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"376882d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The National Hackathon 2025 is an energising, full-day innovation sprint designed to bring diverse minds together to solve national challenges \u2014 without the need to stay overnight. 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