1st Oskemen hackathon

On 14-15 May, 2022, the first IT-Hackathon  entitled “1st Oskemen Hackathon” for 10th and 11th graders of secondary schools of Ust-Kamenogorsk city was held by Shygys Regional Center of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region, jointly with the author of IT-Club Birzhan B. Auezov and school students of BILIM INNOVATION East Kazakhstan Regional Specialized Lyceum for Gifted Children of Ust-Kamenogorsk city of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region Meir Anuarbekov, Esengeldi Erasyl. It was held in order to popularize IT-sector among students within the framework of the Year of Children.

Pitching training (a short structured presentation of the project) for the participants of the IT Hackathon was conducted by a student of Nazarbayev University - Alisher Erkimbekov, who has been trained at Google, Yandex,

45 students of grades 10-11 worked in 15 teams to develop weather forecast websites or applications:

5 teams - BILIM INNOVATION East Kazakhstan Regional Specialized Lyceum for Gifted Children of Ust-Kamenogorsk city of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region,

3 teams - Nazarbayev Intellectual School in Chemistry and Biology of Ust-Kamenogorsk city,

2 teams - Sh. Ualikhanov School-Lyceum No. 3 of Education Department of Ust-Kamenogorsk city of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region

Regional Specialized Boarding School-Lyceum for Gifted Children of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region

Zaki Akhmetov Secondary School No. 16 of Education Department of Ust-Kamenogorsk city of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region

Regional Specialized IT-School-Lyceum of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region

Secondary School No. 46 of Education Department of Ust-Kamenogorsk city of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region

School-Center of Additional Education No. 48 of Education Department of Ust-Kamenogorsk city of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region

Jury members are:

Alisher Erkimbekov, a student of Nazarbayev University, a trainee at Google, Yandex;

Azamat Tikenov, a developer at EPAM,

Indira M. Uvaliyeva, PhD at D. Serikbayev EKTU, a mentor of winners of republican and international design competitions.

The projects of the teams were evaluated according to the following criteria:

1) code optimality and compliance with the terms of reference,

2) user interface,

3) project presentation.

According to the results of the IT Hackathon, the first award went to the team “Marin” of the NIS of Ust-Kamenogorsk city;

II place went to the teams “Reseba” of BILIM INNOVATION East Kazakhstan Regional Specialized Lyceum for Gifted Children of Ust-Kamenogorsk city of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region and “Codesigners” of the NIS of Ust-Kamenogorsk city;

III place went to the teams “ABCXD” of BILIM INNOVATION East Kazakhstan Regional Specialized Lyceum for Gifted Children of Ust-Kamenogorsk city of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region, “Computer Science” of Secondary School No. 46 of Education Department of Ust-Kamenogorsk city of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region and “Nitroglycerin” of Regional Specialized IT-School-Lyceum of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region.

The event was followed by feedback where the participants noted the relevance and practical significance of the event, gained a lot of experience for further use in their practice.

Moderator - Aigul Kh. Zhelpakova, a methodologist of Learning Content and Education Quality Monitoring Unit.