Results of Remote Regional IT-Hackathon “Jastar Time – 2021”

On May 13-14, 2021, East Kazakhstan Regional Center for New Technologies in Education of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region held the Remote Regional IT-Hackathon “Jastar Time – 2021” among schoolchildren, students of regional universities and TVE institutions.

The hackathon was held in order to attract schoolchildren, college and university students to create innovative solutions for the region, to encourage and involve young people in learning of information technologies and development of IT skills, to shape highly qualified personnel in the IT sector.

22 teams of schoolchildren, students of regional universities and TVE institutions for two days were solving tasks in two thematic areas.

Schoolchildren of the age group 14+ created educational and intellectual games to train memory, imagination, thinking and logic, and the students had to create a proctoring system to confirm the identity of the examinees (test takers), observe their behavior and track the use of outside applications.

In the future, the system developed by hackathon students will help monitor the testing process or passing the exam remotely, online. It includes verification of the tested person and observation by the administrator (proctor) of his/her behavior and the computer screen during the test.

According to the results of the competition, the winners are:

The Grand Prix among schoolchildren of the age category 14+ went to the team “NEXT” of Sagadat Nurmagambetov Secondary School No. 4 of Ust-Kamenogorsk city;

The first place went to the team “Stars” of Georgievskaya Secondary School, Zharma district;

The second place went to the team “EL” of Economic Lyceum of Semey city;

The third place went to the team “Altai” of Altai Lyceum School, Altai district.

The Grand Prix among students of the age category 16+ went to the team “Jastar”, D. Serikbayev EKTU;

The first place went to the team “Team EKU” of S. Amanzholov EKU;

The second place went to the team “Cyberpolitechnik” of Ust-Kamenogorsk Higher Polytechnic College;

The third place went to the team “RealZealot” of Kazakh-American Free University.

Congratulations to the winners! We wish you good luck and health!!!