What is the rules of the Young Informatics Competition in Hanoi for the 2024-2025 school year?
What are the rules of the Youth Informatics Competition in Hanoi for the 2024-2025 school year?
On December 24, 2024, the Department of Education and Training of Hanoi City issued the rules of the Youth Informatics Competition in Hanoi for the 2024-2025 school year Download.
Specifically, the rules of the Youth Informatics Competition in Hanoi for the 2024-2025 school year are as follows:
(1) General Provisions
- For primary and secondary school students, contestants undergo 3 rounds: Preliminary, Semi-final, and Final rounds.
- For upper secondary school students, contestants undergo 2 rounds: Preliminary and Final rounds.
- Contestants' test results are based on the test scores and the time taken to complete the test, which is automatically graded by the competition software.
(2) Specific Provisions
| For Primary Level a. Preliminary Round - Participants: Students in grades 3, 4, 5 studying in primary schools in the city who wish to participate in the Competition can register through their schools. - Organization time: From January 6, 2025 - January 19, 2025 (schools actively choose suitable timing within this period). - Competition organization method: + The Organizing Committee (OC) provides free support to each school with 100 trial tests of the Gmetrix IC3 GS6 Spark Level 1 International Informatics test conducted online. + Language: Vietnamese. + Test content: includes multiple-choice questions of the Gmetrix international informatics test covering: 1. 21st Century IT; 2. Master Digital Citizen Skills; 3. Manage information effectively; 4. Create digital content; 5. Communication 4.0; 6. Collaborate and behave wisely online; 7. Safe and secure information skills. + Test structure - The theoretical questions include formats: 1. Select one correct answer; 2. Select multiple correct answers; 3. Select True or False; 4. Select True (or Yes) and False (or No) on each answer; 5. Arrange terms according to their definitions; 6. Click on the correct answer area on the interface; 7. Fill in the blanks; 8. Arrange the steps correctly. + Test location: conducted directly in the school's computer lab. + IIG Vietnam provides online guidance, and support to school representatives in installing and using the Gmetrix international informatics trial tests. + Schools send the list of registered contestants for the Preliminary Round according to the attached BM01 form to email [email protected] before the organization of the Preliminary Round. Note: Detailed guidance on conducting the Preliminary Round and installing, using Gmetrix is provided in the attached Appendix. - Preliminary round results: Select the top 4 outstanding students from the whole school. b. Semi-final Round - Participants: Contestants who participated in the Preliminary Round and are registered according to the Competition regulations. - Registration deadline + Before February 12, 2025, primary schools send the list of registered contestants for the Semi-final Round according to the attached BM02 form to the educational offices. + Before March 10, 2025, the educational offices compile the list of eligible contestants for the Semi-final Round according to the attached BM02 form and send it to the Organizing Committee via email [email protected]. - Competition schedule: March 23, 2025. - Competition organization method: + IC3 GS6 Spark level 1 international test conducted online using computers with internet connections. + Language: Vietnamese. + Test content: provided by Certiport Group (USA), includes multiple-choice questions covering: 1. 21st Century IT; 2. Master Digital Citizen Skills; 3. Manage information effectively; 4. Create digital content; 5. Communication 4.0; 6. Collaborate and behave wisely online; 7. Safe and secure information skills. + Test structure - The theoretical questions include formats: 1. Select one correct answer; 2. Select multiple correct answers; 3. Select True or False; 4. Select True (or Yes) and False (or No) on each answer; 5. Arrange terms according to their definitions; 6. Click on the correct answer area on the interface; 7. Fill in the blanks: 8. Arrange the steps correctly. + Test location: At certain schools meeting the facility standards as per OC regulations proposed by district-level Department of Education and Training. All materials, personnel for organizing the test, and international tests will be sponsored and prepared by IIG Vietnam to meet international test standards. - Semi-final round results: Select the top 10 outstanding contestants from each district team in the semi-final round. c. Final Round - Participants: Contestants who participated in the Semi-final Round and are registered according to the Competition regulations. - Competition schedule: April 13, 2025. - Competition organization method: + IC3 GS6 Spark level 2 international test conducted online using computers with internet connections. + Language: Vietnamese. + Test content: Provided by Certiport Group (USA), includes multiple-choice questions covering: 1. 21st Century IT; 2. Master Digital Citizen Skills; 3. Manage information effectively; 4. Create digital content; 5. Communication 4.0; 6. Collaborate and behave wisely online; 7. Safe and secure information skills + Test structure - The theoretical questions include formats: 1. Select one correct answer; 2. Select multiple correct answers; 3. Select True or False; 4. Select True (or Yes) and False (or No) on each answer; 5. Arrange terms according to their definitions; 6. Click on the correct answer area on the interface; 7. Fill in the blanks; 8. Arrange the steps correctly. + Test location: At certain schools meeting the facility standards as per OC regulations proposed by Department of Education and Training. All materials, personnel for organizing the test, and international tests will be sponsored and prepared by IIG Vietnam to meet international test standards. |
| For lower secondary level a. Preliminary Round - Participants: Students studying in secondary schools in Hanoi city who wish to participate in the Competition can register through their schools. - Organization time: From February 7, 2025 - February 16, 2025 (schools actively choose suitable timing within this period) - Competition organization method: + The Organizing Committee (OC) provides each school free support with 100 trial tests of the Gmetrix IC3 G56 Level 1 international informatics test conducted online. - Language: Vietnamese. + Test content: Includes multiple-choice questions of the Gmetrix international informatics test covering: 1. 21st Century IT; 2. Master Digital Citizen Skills; 3. Manage information effectively; 4. Create digital content; 5. Communication 4.0; 6. Collaborate and behave wisely online; 7. Safe and secure information skills. + Test structure - The theoretical questions include formats: 1. Select one correct answer; 2. Select multiple correct answers; 3. Select True or False; 4. Select True (or Yes) and False (or No) on each answer; 5. Arrange terms according to their definitions; 6. Click on the correct answer area on the interface; 7. Fill in the blanks; 8. Arrange the steps correctly. + Test location: Conducted directly in the school's computer lab. + IIG Vietnam provides online guidance, support to school representatives in installing and using the Gmetrix international informatics trial tests. + Schools send the list of registered contestants for the Preliminary Round according to the attached BM01 form to email [email protected] before the organization of the Preliminary Round. Note: Detailed guidance on conducting the Preliminary Round and installing, using Gmetrix is provided in the attached Appendix. - Preliminary round results: Select the top 4 outstanding students from the whole school. b. Semi-final Round: - Participants: Contestants who participated in the Preliminary Round and are registered for the Semi-final Round according to the Competition regulations. - Registration deadline: + Before February 26, 2025, primary schools send the list of registered contestants for the Semi-final Round according to the attached BM02 form to the educational offices. + Before March 10, 2025, the educational offices compile the list of eligible contestants for the Semi-final Round according to the attached BM02 form and send it to the Organizing Committee via email [email protected]. - Competition schedule: March 23, 2025. - Competition organization method: + IC3 GS6 level 1 international test conducted online using computers with internet connections. + Language: Vietnamese. + Test content: Provided by Certiport Group (USA), includes multiple-choice questions covering: 1. 21st Century IT; 2. Master Digital Citizen Skills; 3. Manage information effectively; 4. Create digital content; 5. Communication 4.0; 6. Collaborate and behave wisely online; 7. Safe and secure information skills. + Test structure - The theoretical questions include formats: 1. Select one correct answer; 2. Select multiple correct answers; 3. Select True or False; 4. Select True (or Yes) and False (or No) on each answer; 5. Arrange terms according to their definitions; 6. Click on the correct answer area on the interface; 7. Fill in the blanks: 8. Arrange the steps correctly. + Test location: At certain schools meeting the facility standards as per OC regulations proposed by district-level Department of Education and Training. All materials, personnel for organizing the test, and international tests will be sponsored and prepared by IIG Vietnam to meet international test standards. - Semi-final round results: Select the top 10 outstanding contestants from each district team in the semi-final round. c. Final Round: - Participants: Contestants who participated in the Semi-final Round and are registered for the Final Round according to the Competition regulations. - Competition schedule: April 13, 2025. - Competition organization method: + IC3 GS6 level 2 international test conducted online using computers with internet connections. + Language: Vietnamese. + Test content: Provided by Certiport Group (USA), includes multiple-choice questions covering: 1. 21st Century IT; 2. Master Digital Citizen Skills; 3. Manage information effectively; 4. Create digital content; 5. Communication 4.0; 6. Collaborate and behave wisely online; 7. Safe and secure information skills. + Test structure - The theoretical questions include formats: 1. Select one correct answer; 2. Select multiple correct answers; 3. Select True or False; 4. Select True (or Yes) and False (or No) on each answer; 5. Arrange terms according to their definitions; 6. Click on the correct answer area on the interface; 7. Fill in the blanks: 8. Arrange the steps correctly. + Test location: At certain schools meeting the facility standards as per OC regulations proposed by the Department of Education and Training. All materials, personnel for organizing the test, and international tests will be sponsored and prepared by IIG Vietnam to meet international test standards. |
| For upper secondary level a. Preliminary Round - Participants: Students studying in high schools in Hanoi city who wish to participate in the Competition can register through their schools. - Organization time: From February 17, 2025 - March 10, 2025 (schools actively choose suitable timing within this period). - Competition organization method: + The OC provides free support to each school with 90 trial tests for Gmetrix MOS international informatics (30 tests for each subject MOS Word/Excel/PowerPoint version Office 2019) conducted online. + Language: Vietnamese. + Test content: In Multi-Project format regarding MOS Word, MOS Excel and MOS PowerPoint version. + Test structure: There are 7 projects with a total of 35 tasks. Each project corresponds to 1 file with multiple tasks sequentially appearing. + Test location: Conducted directly in the school's computer lab. + IIG Vietnam provides online guidance, support to school representatives in installing and using the Gmetrix international informatics trial tests. Note: Detailed guidance on conducting the Preliminary Round and installing, using Gmetrix is provided in the attached Appendix. - Preliminary round results: Each school selects a maximum of 09 outstanding contestants (maximum 3 contestants for each MOS Word/Excel/PowerPoint test). b. Final Round: - Participants: Contestants who participated in the Preliminary Round and are registered according to the OC's competition regulations. - Registration deadline: Before March 20, 2025, high schools compile the list of eligible contestants for the Final Round according to the attached BM03 form and send it to the Organizing Committee via email [email protected]. - Competition schedule: April 13, 2025. - Competition organization method: International informatics test MOS Word/Excel/PowerPoint version Office 2019, conducted online using computers with internet connections. + Language: Vietnamese. + Test content: In Multi-Project format regarding MOS Word, MOS Excel and MOS PowerPoint version 2019. + Test structure: There are 7 projects with a total of 35 tasks. Each project corresponds to 1 file with multiple tasks sequentially appearing. + Test location: At certain schools meeting the facility standards as per OC regulations. All materials, personnel for organizing the test, and international tests will be sponsored and prepared by IIG Vietnam to meet international test standards. |
Rules of the Youth Informatics Competition in Hanoi for the 2024-2025 school year may be found here Download
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What are the objectives of Informatics at the primary level in Vietnam?
According to sub-section 2, section 3, of the General Education Program for Informatics issued with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the objectives of Informatics at the primary level in Vietnam are:
- Assisting students in initially familiarizing themselves with digital technology, beginning to form computational skills, and preparing them for continued Informatics studies at the lower secondary level;
- Initially forming in students problem-solving thinking with the assistance of computers: Developing the need to gather and use information and ideas to control computers through creating simple programs using a visual programming language;
- Assisting students in using software to create simple digital products such as a short document, greeting cards, fun animations, etc.
- Assisting students in initially becoming familiar with digital technology through using computers for entertainment, learning, viewing, and searching for information on the internet; training students in basic computer usage skills; knowing how to protect their health when using computers, initially having an awareness of avoiding the harms of internet usage and respecting copyright.
What are the perspectives on developing the Informatics curriculum in Vietnam?
According to section 2 of the General Education Program for Informatics issued together with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, the perspectives on developing the Informatics curriculum in Vietnam are:
(1) Inheritance and Development
- Inheriting the current Informatics curriculum
The Informatics curriculum inherits and develops the fundamental advantages of the current program, which are systematic and scientific, while avoiding a skew towards theory in some content and redundancy between educational levels, causing overload.
- Leveraging the Informatics curriculum of developed countries
In the context of many countries emphasizing the development of Informatics education programs to prepare human resources for the fourth industrial revolution, the Informatics curriculum leverages and selectively applies the Informatics curriculum of advanced countries for integration, aiming towards international standards.
(2) Scientific, Modern, and Pedagogical Nature
The Informatics curriculum selects the basic, general, and modern content of the three strands of knowledge DL, ICT, CS, while adequately covering ethics, law, culture, and the impact of informatics on society, ensuring the principle of “teaching academics and teaching morals” and appreciating humanity in an era of high connectivity between the real and digital worlds.
The program is designed with pedagogical principles: ensuring appropriateness, developing knowledge strands linearly and concentrically, building a system of core concepts.
The curriculum selects content and requirements suitable for the age, intertwining theoretical and practical content, abstract and intuitive concepts.
Large themes run throughout educational levels with progressively higher requirements. Core concepts begin forming at the primary level and develop fully at higher educational levels.
(3) Practical Nature
- Serving career orientation
In the context of the fourth industrial revolution with the emergence of many new industries and jobs requiring specialized informatics knowledge and skills, the Informatics curriculum reflects the broad connectivity and widespread influence of informatics across different fields of life, establishing a wide spectrum of specialized industries and informatics application occupations for different student groups.
- Implementing STEM education
The orientation towards STEM education is being implemented as an important direction in education and training in many countries worldwide.
As a foundational technology that encompasses all four elements of STEM education (Science (S), Technology (T), Engineering (E), and Mathematics (M)), Informatics plays a central role in connecting other subjects, promoting STEM education, and fostering student creativity to produce digital products with high ICT content.
The Informatics curriculum leverages the advantage of interdisciplinary integration by requiring students to create digital products both individually and in groups to bridge the gap between academic education and practice.
(4) Openness
- Open program content
The Informatics curriculum has mandatory themes as well as optional themes. Content themes are not dependent on specific hardware and software, do not distinguish between open or closed software and materials, creating convenience for application suitable to the capabilities of different localities and students.
Due to its unique nature, the Informatics curriculum needs to be updated and adjusted periodically according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Education and Training to ensure modernity and timeliness, responding to the rapid development of digital technology, and fitting the socio-economic conditions of the country.
- Diverse educational forms
The Informatics curriculum selects practical and attractive themes, creating conditions for students to study and apply informatics not only within the scope of the Informatics subject but also in other subjects, not only within the school's premises but also in environments outside the school premises (at home, via computer networks, in clubs, and in reality).
