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Unified Cyber Olympiad-2008

Why UCO?
India has seen a spectacular success in IT and computers which is acknowledged around the world. But computer education in our country is highly fragmented and without any common goal of platform. Realizing the huge importance of streamlined and competitive education in computers and IT and with a view to fortifying India's success, Unified Council is foraying into its Unified Cyber Olympiad.

It motivates children to strengthen their knowledge in mental ability, logical reasoning & computer knowledge. Proficiency in these areas will help every child to face the problems related to software solutions, management crises, lack of judgement and decision making .

Unified Cyber Olympiad(UCO), which will be held across the country with the following goals :

  • streamlining computer education
  • instilling competitiveness in computer education
  • including logic, reasoning and mental ability in the learning process
  • identifying talent and assessing students on a nationwide platform
  • exposing students to the latest technology and study in computers


UCO will be conducted at two levels. The first level exam will be conducted in the respective school premises. 500 students from every class will be selected for the second level exam, which will be conducted at the nearest Reliance World Centres.


Eligibility:

Student of classes 3,4,5,6,7,8,9 & 10 are eligible to participate in this examination.


Exam Schedule:

Date of Examination : 12-09-2008 (Friday)

Time : 11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon


Exam Fee:

Rs. 75/- (Rupees Seventy Five only)

Students desirous of referring of Model Question Paper should add Rs. 25 for a set of 3 Q.P.


Exam Structure:

This exam will be conducted in two levels.

First level will be conducted in the school premises of the respective schools.

Second level for the top 500 students from each class will be conducted in the nearest selected State Head Quarters/Main Towns.


Exam Pattern:

The medium of the test will be English.

There will be a different question paper for each class.

All the questions are of the objective-type with no negative marking for wrong answers.

  • No. of Questions : 50
  • Marks : 50
  • Duration : 1 Hour
Division of Marks
  • Mental Ability : 15 marks
  • Reasoning : 15 marks
  • Computers : 15 marks
  • English : 5 marks

Note: The above pattern is applicable for 2 levels of exam.


Syllabus:

UCO question papers are more class specific than syllabus specific. Please refer the syllabus provided. Unified Cyber Olympiad question papers are suitable for students following CBSE / ICSE / ISC and various other State Board syllabi.

Special Opportunity:

Every student who enrolls for this exam will receive one book of the Cyber Tactics Series, with comprehensive information about Cyber Olympiads, memory sharpening methodologies, short-out techniques to arm the students with the ability to solve the toughest of problems, stories, puzzles, facts and fun, absolutely Free of cost.

For Class III & IV : Cyber Tactics – I

For Class V, VI & VII : Cyber Tactics - II

For Class VIII, IX & X : Cyber Tactics – III

Cyber Tactics Series-Contents

  • Cyber I.Q.
  • Cyber quiz
  • Brain Building
  • Reasoning and Logic
  • Mental Ability
  • Vocabulary
  • Information Technology and Computing abbreviations
  • Cyber Crosswords
  • My Heroes
  • Stories
  • Facts and Fun
    • Lateral Thinking Puzzles
    • Life Planner

Scholarships & Awards:

Gold Medals & Cash Awards for the first 3 in each Class (Rank 1-3)

  1. The first ranker in each class will be awarded with a Cyber Champ Gold Medal and a Laptop Computer + a Memento.
  2. The Second ranker in each class will be awarded with a Cyber Champ Gold Medal and a cash prizes of Rs. 5000/- + a Memento.
  3. The third ranker in each class will be awarded with a Cyber Champ Gold Medal and a cash prize of Rs. 2500/- + a Memento.
  4. The next 7 rankers in each class (Ranks 4-10) will be awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 1000/- each.

Top 100 rankers in each class will be awarded with Encyclopedia Britannica – Quizmaster & Great Minds CD worth Rs. 798/-

Top 100 rankers from Classes 3-5 will be awarded with My Science Companion and Classes 6-10 will be awarded with Handbook of Physics & Chemistry.


Certificates & Reports:

For Students: Cyber Diagnostic Reports (CDR)

We provide Cyber Diagnostic Report (CDR) for individual students, which have the following details:

  • Subject wise - Skill wise performance graphical representation
  • Over all ranking in the National level
  • Group Highest mark
  • Group Average mark

CDR provides a real feedback on real learning. It allows the students to know where he/she stands and pinpoints areas of strengths and weakness. This report is for feedback and improvement.
This Report is offered FREE of cost for all the students.

For Schools: General School Cyber Diagnostic Report (GSCDR)

An extensive General School Cyber Diagnostic Report (GSCDR) will be forwarded ABSOLUTELY FREE to all participating schools.

General School Cyber Diagnostic Reports (GSCDR) analyses the performance of students participating in the examination (subject-wise and class-wise). The report, in a graphical format which will have a Histogram Graph, is a useful tool for marking the areas of weaknesses by schools that wish to improve their students’ performance.

School Cyber Diagnostic Reports (SCDR) analyses the performance of your school students by segregating the questions for different skills (Subject wise and Class wise). This report acts as a tool for the schools to improve their students’ performance in the future by marking the areas of weaknesses. SCDR is also provided free of cost.


Merit/Participation Certificates:

Merit / Participation Certificates will be provided to all the participants on the basis of their performance.

Interpreting Results:

Ranking: When more than one student gets an equal top score, priority for awarding ranks will be according to the marks acquired in the following specified order of subjects: Mental Ability, Reasoning, Computers and English.

Institutional Awards:

Best Performance Award – School
One Best Performance School in each zone (17 zones) will be presented to the top performing schools.

The Principal of the respective schools will be awarded with Best Contribution in Computer Education Award & a cash prize of Rs. 2,500/-.

The Teacher-In charge (UCO) of the respective schools will be awarded with Best School UCO In-charge award and a cash prize of Rs. 1,500/-.

All the co-coordinating Teacher in-charges of the UCO will be awarded a certificate of appreciation.

Best Participation School:

Certificate of Appreciation will be presented to all the schools which forward more than 100 applications.

Any School that sponsors a minimum of 100 students will be receiving Encyclopedia Britannica – Quizmaster & Great Minds CD worth Rs. 798/-

How to Apply:

Please send a single consolidated Demand Draft for the exam fee of all the students appearing for the UCO-2008 from your school.

D.D. should be drawn in favour of UNIFIED COUNCIL payable at Hyderabad.

For further details please send a mail (support@unifiedcouncil.com)/write a letter for complete information brochure of Unified Cyber Olympiad.

Note: We do not accept individual application forms for Unified Cyber Olympiad. There is no Open Test Centre facility available for UCO. Students are requested to apply through school only.