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OLYMPIADS

The Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) is an educational foundation and a nonprofit organisation, established in 1996, based in New Delhi, India which promotes science, mathematics, general knowledge, introductory computer education and English language skills among school children in India through various Olympiad examinations. It helps students in their studies by providing a higher level of education through their books, sample papers and olympiads.
Olympiad exams are conducted at a very large scale for students from class 1 to 12. During the 2016–2018 academic year, 45000 schools from more than 1400 cities registered, and millions of students appeared for the six Olympiad exam. Olympiads were conducted across 30 countries.
SOF organizes 6 Olympiad tests each year:
  1. National Cyber Olympiad (NCO)
  2. National Science Olympiad (NSO)
  3. International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO)
  4. International English Olympiad (IEO)
  5. International General Knowledge Olympiad (IGKO)
  6. International Commerce Olympiad (ICO)

About 5 lakh (500,000) students take part in each of the following olympiads:
  • International General Knowledge Olympiad (IGKO) is a single level exam. Students from class I-X may participate in the examination. This olympiad was introduced in the 2017-2018 academic session.
  • International English Olympiad (IEO) used to be a single level exam each year, but since 2017-2018 it is conducted on two levels. Students from class I-XII can participate in this olympiad. It is conducted in partnership with the British Council.
  • National Science Olympiad (NSO) is conducted on two levels each year. It was the first olympiad conducted by SOF. It has been conducted since 1996. Students from class I-XII may participate in the examination. It is conducted in partnership with Techfest.
  • International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) is conducted on two levels each year. Students from class I-XII may participate in the examination.
  • International Commerce Olympiad (ICO) is a single level exam. Students from class XI and XII may participate in the examination. It is conducted in partnership with ICSI
  • National Cyber Olympiad (NCO) is a single level exam. It was the second olympiad conducted by SOF. It has been conducted since 2000. Students from class I-XII may participate in the examination. It is conducted in partnership with TCS iON, a branch of TCS
Students from class I to XII can participate. There is a different exam paper for each class. The question paper consists of 35 multiple choice questions of 40 marks for class I to IV, and 50 multiple choice questions for class V to XII of 60 marks, to be answered in one hour. Five questions that are part of the 'Achievers' section' carry three marks each whereas the remaining questions carry one mark each. Students are required to mark their answers on an OMR sheet. Results are announced for every student and it includes the student's international rank, zonal rank and school rank. SOF also generates a performance report for all participating schools, as well as awards teachers and principals whose pupils excelled in the exam.

  • From among 200000 students that participate in each of these Olympiads every year, the top 500 students, top 10 students in each state, as well as school toppers from schools having a participation of more than 10 students in the exam, are selected for the second level.
  • Three school toppers who got more than 50% means 30 out of 60 or more than 30 marks get medals {gold, silver, bronze} and are selected for the second level of the examination.


IMPORTANCE OF OLYMPIAD EXAMS

Olympiad Examinations help to identify a child’s capability and real potential that may help him survive better in today’s modern competitive world. They motivate students to endeavor for better and deeper understanding of scientific facts so as to enhance their reasoning, analytical and problem solving skills. They also bring out the areas lacking proficiency so that a proper orientation can be given to improve in that area.

Some prominent benefits of Olympiad Exams for a student are:

  • They are perfect to test a student’s conceptual understanding of the subject.
  • Improves the student’s problem solving ability and challenges them to think analytically.
  • Prepares them for future competitive exams by testing a student’s aptitude as well as the knowledge of a particular subject.
  • Provides exposure to students at the national as well as international platforms.
  • Instills the quality of hard work in the students by pushing them to prepare hard for the exam and improve their result.
  • Student’s performance in school is also improved as Olympiads sharpen their thinking and learning process which helps them to grasp the concepts taught in schools better.


For More Information Please Visit-   

http://sofworld.org/


For International Commerce Olypiad       

http://www.sofworld.org/ico


State Level Mathematics Olypiad       

http://aamonline.org.in/index.php


State Level Chemistry Olypiad       

http://scea.org.in/slco.html


State Level Physics Olypiad        

http://www.assamphysicalsociety.in/