Objective
Hong Kong ICT Awards 2024: Student Innovation Award has been created with the objectives of:
- Cultivating a cultural environment that nurtures and encourages innovative and creative thinking
- Increasing student engagement and enthusiasm in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
- Promoting the application of Computational Thinking for effective problem-solving
- Offering a stage for students to present their innovative concepts and projects
- Revealing the hidden capabilities of students and motivating potential talents to pursue careers as ICT professionals
Eligibility Requirements
- Current students
- Participate in teams, limited to 1 to 4 students per team
- The participating team members in the primary and secondary school groups must be students from the same school; the stream of higher education is allowed to participate in joint university or college
- The stream of primary and secondary school must be registered by the responsible teacher of the respective school
- Each participating team must arrange for a student to serve as team leader to facilitate contact with EdCity
Note:
- Participants from higher education must provide valid student certification documents (such as student ID cards)
- The list of participating team members cannot be changed after the deadline for submission of entries
Streams
- Stream 1: Primary
- Stream 2: Junior Secondary
- Stream 3: Senior Secondary
- Stream 4: Higher Education
*Includes students in Diploma, Higher Diploma, Associate Degree and Bachelor's full-time programs
Mode of Competition
Each participating team must choose one of the competition themes and prepare a project proposal (no more than 18 slides of PowerPoint) and submit the application form and project through the EdCity online system before the deadline (on or before July 12).
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