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EDUN N25-02-004

05201

15 Sept 2001

RESULTS OF THE 17TH NATIONAL SOFTWARE COMPETITION

            The 17th National Software Competition (NSC), organised and hosted by the Ministry of Education, was held on 15 Sep 2001 at Singapore Polytechnic. Associate Professor Yaacob Ibrahim, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, was the Guest-of-Honour.

2.      The NSC is opened to students from Primary and Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges and Centralised Institutes. The objectives of the competition are to promote Information Technology (IT) culture in schools, develop students' creativity in the use of IT, challenge students' skills in solving problems using the computer and promote and sustain students' interests in computer programming. The NSC comprised three events:-

• Algorithm Individual Event,
  Algorithm Team Event and
• Multimedia Team Event.

The first event was held on 30 June 2001 while the other two were held on 15 September 2001. The lists of winners of the competition and all participating schools are attached at Annex A and B respectively.

3.      The Algorithm Individual Event for secondary school students attracted a total of 109 student-participants from 34 secondary schools. Participants were awarded the gold, silver or bronze medals according to their levels of competency in programming. This year, seven participants were awarded the silver medals and ten others were awarded the bronze medals. There were no gold awards winners.

4.      The Algorithm Team Event was held for students from secondary schools and junior colleges/centralized institutes. Participants from 44 secondary schools and 15 junior colleges competed in teams of three to solve four programming problems within two hours. Teamwork, problem-solving skills, speed and accuracy were the main factors for success in this event. The winning teams in the Secondary section are: Saint Joseph Institution, a first time winner, as the Champion Team, followed by Raffles Institution as the First Runner-up and Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) as the Second Runner-up. The Junior College section saw Raffles Junior College emerge as the Champion Team followed by Hwa Chong Junior College as the First Runner-up and Anglo-Chinese Junior College, the second Runner-up.

5.      The Multimedia Team Event was opened to primary and secondary schools. Teams of three had to design an educational multimedia interactive game based on the theme "Save Our Planet". Quality of content, creativity, effective use of multimedia elements, artwork and teamwork were the main criteria for the evaluation of the entries. A total of 53 entries from the Primary Schools Category and 59 entries from the Secondary Schools Category were received. Eight teams from each category were short-listed for the final judging on 15 September 2001.

6.      The winning teams for the primary section are: Hougang Primary, a first-time winner as the Champion, followed by Pandan Primary as the First Runner-up, and Canberra Primary the Second Runner-up. The secondary section saw Chung Cheng High School (Main) emerge as the Champion Team followed by Gan Eng Seng as the First Runner-up and Bukit Merah Secondary, the Second Runner-up.

7.      The Judges of the Multimedia Section observed that the standard of the entries for this year was high in terms of creativity and technical skills. Most of the entries showed originality and through the interviews, the judges found that the students had acquired the technical skills independently, bearing in mind the theme, "Save our Planet".

8.      The NSC is co-hosted by the Singapore Polytechnic and supported by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Computer Society. The main sponsor of 17^th NSC is the Singapore Information Technology Federation. A list of other sponsors is attached at Annex C. For more information, please visit the NSC website at http://www1.moe.edu.sg/nsc.

Annex A

The winners for the respective events in the 17th NSC are:

Algorithm Individual Event
(In alphabetical order)

Algorithm Team Event (Secondary Schools Category)

Algorithm Team Event (Junior Colleges Category)

Multimedia Team Event (Primary Schools Category)

Multimedia Team Event (Secondary Schools Category)

Annex B

17th National Software Competition
Algorithm Individual Event
Participating Schools

Algorithm Team Event - Secondary Schools Category
Participating Schools

Algorithm Team Event - Junior Colleges/Centralised Institute Category Participating Schools

Multimedia Team Event - Primary Schools Category
Participating Schools

Multimedia Team Event - Secondary Schools Category
Participating Schools