CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

2, COMMUNITY CENTRE, PREET VIHAR,

DELHI-110092

 

NO: D(A) / NIO/169/ 2004/                                                                                     December 28, 2004                

 

To

 

All Heads of Institutions

affiliated to the CBSE.

 

 

SUB:   NATIONAL INFORMATICS OLYMPIAD-FIRST STAGE EXAMINATION-REG

 

 

The Central Board of Secondary Education will be conducting the National Informatics Olympiad in collaboration with the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), Mumbai across the country and abroad. The examination will be held in two stages.  The examination will be open to all the students of classes VIII to XII studying in schools affiliated to CBSE as well as other Boards in the country.

 

The  first stage examination will be held on Saturday the 29th  January, 2005 between 10.00 am and 1.00 pm .

 

STAGE:1

 

The examination will be a written examination to test the aptitude of the students, their logical competence, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking.

 

STAGE 2:

 

The candidates who qualify in the first stage examination as per the norms prescribed by the selection committee will appear in the second stage examinations to be held in the second week of May 2005, which will be based on programming skills.

 

Selected candidates will be called for intensive training for the final selection of the candidates for the International Olympiad.

 

The examinations are being planned to be conducted in about 30 cities across the country and abroad. Each of these cities will have a coordinator who will be responsible for the conduct of the examinations. You are requested to forward the list of candidates desirous of participating in the first stage examination to the coordinator along with the examination fee as per the enclosed format to the coordinator on or before 20th January, 2005.  The fee for each participant will be Rs.60/- (Rupees sixty only).    A consolidated demand draft for all the participants of your school may be drawn in favour of SECRETARY, CBSE,NIO A/C, DELHI.  The list of centres is put up on the CBSE Website : www.CBSE.nic.in as well as on the Olympiad website: iarcs.org.in You may select the nearest centre of examination from the list.

 

When the candidates go to the examination centre to write the examination, they should carry with them a bonafide certificate with their photograph attested by the principal of their school.  Since no Roll Number will be allotted to candidates, they have to write their name, class, school’s name with address and centre name in the answer sheet.  For any further information, you may contact the undersigned through e-mail directoracad@hotmail.com or on telephone no. 011-22515829.

 

Please note that CBSE will not reimburse expenses incurred by the school on travel, accommodation etc. of the students to participate in the First Stage of the Olympiad.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

(G. BALASUBRAMANIAN)

DIRECTOR (ACADEMIC)<