Results of Skills for Geeks – 2022 - Regional IT Championship
On April 14, 2022, East Kazakhstan Regional Center for New Technologies in Education held Skills for Geeks Annual IT Championship among schoolchildren of grades 5-11 in the competencies “Programming”, “3D modeling” and “Robotics” in the age categories of 10+ and 14+. Skills for Geeks Regional IT Championship is held annually in East Kazakhstan within the framework of Digital Kazakhstan State Program.
The large-scale event took place under the auspices of Amanat Party's Project - “Free IT Classes for Children” under which IT classes were opened in each of the 644 schools of the region, Robotics classrooms, new modification classrooms, interactive panels were purchased, as well as computer equipment was updated. The teachers were trained according to the curriculum developed by the leading teachers of the region meeting the international standards. The outcome of the work performed is an increase in school students' interest in engineering and IT specialties.
And now for the fifth year the Championship is held with the aim of creating conditions for the development of creative, intellectual abilities, identifying skilled and gifted schoolchildren, acquiring skills in practical problem solving in specific professional situations.
From February, 19 to March 4, 2022 qualifying rounds were held in all 19 districts and cities of the region, as well as among regional specialized schools in order to identify the participants of the regional round of the Championship. In all, 2,656 students from 437 teams took part in the qualifying round.
The winners of the district rounds - 311 school students of IT classes comprising 28 teams of cities and districts of the region competed in the ability to model three-dimensional objects, program and compete in Sports Robotics.
Participants were assessed by professional independent experts with scientific degrees, representatives of educational, scientific and public organizations, enterprises of the city.
According to the results of the Competition in the nomination “3D-modeling”, the first place in the category 10+ went to the team of Semey city, and in the category 14+ the team of Glubokoe district became the strongest one.
In the category “Programming” the first ones in the category 10+ were the schoolchildren from Ust-Kamenogorsk city, and in the category 14+ the team of Regional Specialized Boarding School for Gifted Children turned out to be the strongest one.
In the nomination “Sports Robotics” in the age category 10+ in two competencies “Race along the line” and “Kegelring” the team of Ust-Kamenogorsk city became the leader. In the age category 14+ in the nomination “Sports Robotics” in the competence of “Kegelring Quadro” the winners were the schoolchildren from the team of Kokpekty district.
And the team of Zharma district won in the “Tank Biathlon”.
In the team events in the age category 10+, the winners are:
III place - the team of Urjar district;
II place - the team of Borodulikha district;
I place - the picked team of Semey city.
In the team events in the age category 14+ the third place went to the picked team of Semey city; II place - the picked team of Zharma district; I place - the picked team of Ridder town.
The schoolchildren will be awarded valuable prizes, cups, medals and certificates at the 9th Annual Regional IT Festival “New Generation” in May this year.
All children will receive certificates of participation in the Championship.
The competition was followed by the Anthem of the Skills for Geeks Championship, the authors of which, by the way, are its participants. The words of the Anthem “Who, if not me, who, if not you, will take the first step for your country” have become a kind of motto of the Championship, which has become traditional and, quite possibly, will go beyond the level of the region.