Nghe An organizes the first online Youth Informatics Contest
(Baonghean.vn) - Ensuring the implementation of dual goals in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 27th Nghe An Provincial Youth Informatics Competition in 2021 was organized by Nghe An Provincial Youth Union online with 22 connecting points.
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| Delegates attended the opening ceremony of the contest at the main bridge at the Provincial Youth Union headquarters. Photo: TG |
On the morning of July 17, the Provincial Youth Union officially opened the 27th Nghe An Provincial Youth Informatics Competition - 2021. Attending the opening ceremony were comrade Thai Minh Sy - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, Chairman of the Student Association, Chairman of the Provincial Youth Union Council, and representatives of a number of provincial departments and branches.
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| The new point of this year's contest is that it is organized online, with 22 connecting points across the province. Photo: Thu Giang |
This year's contest was held at 22 locations in districts, cities, Vinh University and at the homes of some contestants who are currently in social isolation according to State regulations, with a total of 159 contestants in 3 individual competition categories and 8 creative products in many fields.
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| Comrade Thai Minh Sy - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, Chairman of the Student Association, Chairman of the Provincial Youth Union Council delivered the opening speech, expressing his hope that the contest would become a strong movement of youth across the province. Photo: TG |
The Youth Informatics Competition is a key activity of the School Youth Union, aiming to create a healthy and useful playground, an environment and favorable conditions for students to have the opportunity to exchange, learn and share experiences in studying, at the same time promoting the intelligence and creativity of young people in applying information technology, contributing to orienting young people on the use, exploitation and application of information technology effectively.
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| Held in the context of the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic in many localities across the country, the contest focuses on epidemic prevention and control, arranging a separate area for volunteers to guide candidates and family members to disinfect their hands, wear masks, and measure their body temperature before entering the exam area. Photo: TG |
Over the past 26 years of organization, the scale, quantity, level and quality of the contestants have increased each year; the content and format of each organization have changed to suit the development of information technology science and the learning and research needs of students.
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| The exam site at Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted with 16 candidates participating was arranged to ensure the distance between candidates. Photo: TG |
In the current complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, for the first time, the Nghe An Youth Informatics Contest 2021 was organized online. This is a new way of doing things, suitable for the current situation as well as the trend of applying technology, practicing savings and creating conditions for more candidates to have the opportunity to participate in the contest. Candidates and their family members are required to seriously make health declarations and use measures to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic before entering the contest area.
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| Candidates in group C use Free Pascal, DevC++, CodeBlock,... programming languages to solve problems in high school curriculum. Photo: TG |
In his opening speech, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union Thai Minh Sy emphasized that the 27th Nghe An Youth Informatics Contest - 2021 has many innovations, and at the same time requested the testing sites and the Organizing Committee to overcome any unexpected problems, if any, and promptly draw lessons so that the contest truly becomes a strong movement of Nghe An province's youth in applying technology and the Internet in studying as well as working.
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| The Organizing Committee of the Contest conducted a field test at some testing locations such as Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, Vinh University... Photo: TG |
After the opening ceremony, the Organizing Committee conducted inspections at a number of exam locations. In order to ensure the online exam was conducted smoothly, the Organizing Committee divided the individual exam groups into 3 groups to compete at 3 different times on July 17 and 18, and conducted the creative product review on the afternoon of July 18.
The official results of the Contest will be announced on July 19.
