Results of Regional IT-Championship “Skills for Geeks” - 2024
On 18-19 March, 2024, Örken East Kazakhstan Regional Scientific and Methodological Center for Informatization and Education Development of Education Administration of East Kazakhstan region held the annual Championship “Skills for Geeks” among schoolchildren of grades 5-11 in the competencies of Programming, 3D Modeling and Robotics in the age categories of 10+ and 14+.
The Championship is held annually in order to create conditions for the development of creative and intellectual abilities, identify talented and gifted students, and acquire skills in practical problem-solving in specific professional situations.
On 13-28 February, 2024, qualifying rounds were held in all districts and cities of the region to determine participants for the regional round of the Championship. In all, more than 1,000 students in 185 teams participated in the qualifying round.
The winners of the district rounds are 170 students from IT-grades in 16 teams of cities and districts of the region showed their abilities in modelling of three-dimensional objects, programming and competing in sports robotics.
The participants were assessed by professional independent experts holding scientific degrees, representatives of educational, scientific and public organizations.
According to the results of the competition in the nomination “3D Modeling”, the first place in the 10+ category went to the team of Ridder town, while in the 14+ category, the strongest team was from Zaisan district.
In the “Programming” of the 10+ category, the winners are the students from Altai district, while the team of BILIM-INNOVATION Specialized Lyceum turned out to be the strongest in the 14+ category.
In the nomination “Sports Robotics” of the 10+ age category, the team of Zhambyl School Gymnasium won in the competencies “Line Race” and “Kegelring”.
In the 14+ age category, in the nomination “Sports Robotics” in the competence of “Kegelring Quadro”, “Tank Biathlon”, the winners are the students from Ust-Kamenogorsk city team.
In the overall team standings for the 10+ age category:
- I place – the picked team of Altai district;
- II place – Ust-Kamenogorsk city team;
- III place – the picked team of Ridder town.
In the overall team standings for the 14+ age category:
- I place - the picked team of Ust-Kamenogorsk city;
- II place - the picked team of Ulan district;
- III place - the picked team of School Lyceum for Gifted Children in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science.
The winners will be honored at the 11th Annual Regional IT-Festival “New Generation” in May this year, where the children will be awarded valuable prizes, cups, medals and diplomas.
All participants of the Championship received certificates.
The competition concluded with the anthem of the championship “Skills for Geeks”, written by the participants. The words of the anthem “Who, if not me, who, if not you, will take the first step for our country”, became the championship’s motto, and might go beyond the scope of the regional level.