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9 Nov 2002

Singapore Thinkquest Junior Awards Event 2002 Cum Launch For 2003

               Primary school students displayed their web designing skills at the Singapore ThinkQuest Junior Awards Event 2002 cum Launch for 2003 on 9 November 2002 at the Singapore Discovery Centre Auditorium. From April to June this year, 868 students worked in teams of 3 to 5 to create 214 websites on subjects such as Social Sciences, Arts and Literature, Science and Mathematics, and Sports and Health.

2             The Awards recognises 20 of the most impressive entries. These winning entries, judged by professionals from the various polytechnics, private organisations and MOE, showed strong educational value, good graphic design, and a high level of IT competency. The winning teams were presented with platinum, gold, silver and honourable mention awards for their commendable work. A list of winning teams and the award levels are attached in Annex A

3             First launched by MOE for primary schools in November 1999, Singapore ThinkQuest Junior is an educational website designing competition organised and hosted by MOE. Modelled after the ThinkQuest Junior created by US-based Advanced Network & Services, Inc (ANS), the competition encourages students from 9 to 11 years to take a meaningful interest in computers and technology. It also aims to encourage these students to take advantage of the Internet as a constant growing source of information and as a powerful collaborative tool by designing and creating educational web sites.

4             For more information, and access to the websites of participating teams, please visit our Singapore ThinkQuest Junior website at http://thinkquestjr.moe.edu.sg/

ANNEX A

Winning Teams for Singapore ThinkQuest Junior 2002