The SA Computer Olympiad has announced the 2018 “Coding Olympiad”.
It is a problem-solving contest for learners who can write code.
Participation is free.
The Olympiad aims to influence learners to grow their coding skills.
Incentives include certificates and for the finals there are prizes and medals.
Accommodation and travel will be arranged and paid for by the Olympiad office.
The first round is at school in the week of August 13-17.
Learners solve three problems in an hour.
The top 50 per cent per age group nationwide receive gold, silver and bronze certificates.
Achievement is recognised at three ‘age’ levels.
Those who perform well are invited to a second round (September 5).
This round is also at school and they have 1½ hours to write programmes to solve four problems.
In this round, certificates are awarded to positions 1, 2 and 3 per province.
The top 10 to 15 finalists then compete at the Standard Bank Global Leadership Centre in Johannesburg on September 29 and 30, with a Gala Awards Dinner on October 1 all expenses paid.
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Olympiad manager, Michael Cameron said: “All who enter can have fun working out the answers.”
“The challenge is to write a simple programme to make the computer do the hard work.”
“To succeed, you first solve a logic problem (read carefully and plan clearly) and then code up a programme to solve the problem (any computer language for the first round).”
Schools may enter via the website www.olympiad.org.za by selecting Programming Olympiad and then the register button.
Any school may enter. There are primary schools where learners are exposed to coding through a language like Scratch or Robotics.
Also known as the “Computer Programming Olympiad”, this contest has run since 1984.
Four of this year’s finalists will be fully sponsored to compete internationally in Azerbaijan in 2019.
For more information contact Chanelle Booysen or Michael Cameron on 021 448 7864.
Email: info@olympiad.org.za.
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