2012 Singapore Microsoft Office Academic Skills Challenge

 

Previous school, regional, country and Worldwide Champions can compete in the 2012's qualifying and final competition ONLY if they are competing in a different exam and exam version. For example, if a student placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their regional, country or at the Worldwide Finals in Microsoft Excel® 2010, they can participate this year in any exam EXCEPT Microsoft Excel® 2010.

Beginning from 1 November 2011 to 15 May 2012, each individual academic institution or group of academic institutions may conduct their own qualifying rounds to qualify for the 2012 Singapore Microsoft Office Academic Skills Challenge National Finals.

Instituations that have administrative or technical constrains to conduct their qualifying rounds within their institutions may register with us for the Combined Qualification Round by 15 March 2012. This will be held in Nanyang Polytechnic, School of IT, from 2 April 2012 to 4 April 2012.

Qualification Criteria

The top 20% of the student participants will be qualified for the National Finals. All perfect scorers will automatically advances to the National Finals.

The Pre-Tertiary participates will compete in the PowerPoint® National Finals, while Tertiary participants will compete in the Excel National Finals. As for the Word National Finals, we will see all the qualified finalists, both Pre-Tertiary and Tertiary, competing for their place to represent Singapore.

A participant can choose to participate in MULTIPLE Exam tracks. For example, they can submit an Excel 2010 and Word 2010 Exam or PowerPoint 2010 and Word 2010 Exam. However, if they qualify to participate in a Worldwide Competition in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, they can only compete in only ONE Exam track. The organiser retains the right to disqualify students for appropriate cause.

Category

The qualifying consist of the following categories:

• Pre-Tertiary:
  Microsoft Office Specialist Word 2010 Specialist Exam &
  Microsoft Office Specialist PowerPoint® 2010 Exam
• Tertiary:
  Microsoft Office Specialist Word 2010 Specialist Exam &
  Microsoft Office Specialist Excel® 2010 Specialist Exam
  
  

The participating fee for each categories will be at $75.00 for per exam taken. This participating fee is for taking an actual Microsoft Office Certification exam. The fee listed above is only applicable for the participants in the Competition. The usual exam fee for Microsoft Office Specialist Exam 2010 is $155.00.

For the purposes of the Competition, Certiport Singapore is subsidising the difference in the exam fee from the usual fee. Participating fee is non-negotiable and non-refundable. You may want to check with your school if EduSave can be used.

Educator Challenge (Applicable to Pre-Tertiary Institutions Only)

While the competition is targeting at the students, educators are also an important group. Besides students, we believe educators will need to be certified as well, in this valuable Microsoft Office Specialist Certification. Being certified in the Microsoft Office Specialist Certification means that you are able to perform the tasks necessary in Microsoft Office in a more effective and efficient way.

Take this chance to sit for the exam and be certified at an affordable competition price. Same qualification rules apply for the educators to enter the National Finals. So do your best and you could walk away with some attractive prizes and trophies!

(Applicable to Pre-Tertiary Institutions Only)

To help your institution kick start the challenge, a set of Competition Starter Kit offering at $2999.00 has been tailored to get the participants prepared and be competent in the applications before sitting for the certification exam. The Microsoft Office Competition Starter Kit contains the following:

• 30 MOS exam credits valid for any certifications in Microsoft Office Specialist 2007/2010
  
• 30 copies of Microsoft Office Specialist 2010 Official Courseware (application specific)
• 30 seats license for Certiprep Exam Practice software so students can practice before they sit the exam
• 2 hours of free session on exam tips and tricks using Certiprep
• Exam delivery software and user guide
  

This Starter Kit is only for a limited period, so grab it now! Contact us for more details about the Starter Kit.

 

*All prices quoted are before prevailing GST. Terms and conditions apply.