(Notification) National Informatics Olympiad 2011-12

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CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

National Informatics Olympiad 2011-12

Stage 1:

The Central board of Secondary Education will be conducting the National Informatics Olympiad in collaboration with the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), Mumbai, across the country and abroad. The examination for the same will be held in two stages. The examination will be open to all the students of classes VII to XII studying in schools affiliated to CBSE as well as other Boards in the country.

The first stage examination consisting of the Zonal Informatics Olympiad will be held on Saturday November 19, 2011 between 10.00 am and 01.00 pm. The examination will be a written examination to test the aptitude of the students, their logical competence, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking.

Stage 2:

The candidates who qualify in the first stage examination as per the norms prescribed by the selection committee will appear in the second stage examination to be held on Saturday December 03, 2011 which will be based on programming skills.

Selected candidates will be called for intensive training for the final selection of the candidates for the International Olympiad.

The Board is planning to conduct the examination in about 40 centres across the country and abroad. Each of these centres will have a coordinator cum Centre Superintendent who will be responsible for the conduct of the examinations.The list o centres is put up on the CBSE Website; www.cbse.nic.in as well as on the Olympiad website: www.iarcs.org.in. Please select the nearest examination centre from the list given and forward the list of candidates desirous of participating in the first stage examination to the coordinator along with the examination fee as per the enclosed proforma on or before15th October, 2011. (The list of participants and bank draft need not to be sent to the CBSE as the centre will be forwarding the list to the CBSE subsequently) the fee for each participant will be `100/- (Rupees hundred only). A consolidated demand draft for all the participants of your school may be drawn in favour of Secretary, CBSE, Delhi and sent to the center coordinator.

Question papers from previous years and other training details are available at the Olympiad website: www.iarcs.org.in.

When the candidates go to the examination centre to write the examination, they should carry with them a bonafide certificate with their photograph attested by the Principal of their school. Since no Roll Number will be allotted to candidates, they have to write their name, class, school’s name with address and centre name in the answer sheet and information sheet provided to them. For any further information, you may contact MR. D T Sudharsan Rao, Joint Secretary (Academic) through e-mail at jsacad(at)yahoo.co.in. or on telephone no. 011-23231667.

Please note that CBSE will not reimburse expenses incurred by the School on travel, accommodation etc. of the students to participate in the First Stage of the Olympiad.

Click Here: CBSE Nodal Centres For First Stage Zonal Informatics Olympiad Examination, 2011-12

Click Here Official Notification

Courtesy: cbse.nic.in