2012 Singapore Microsoft Office Academic Skills Challenge

Official Competition Rules

Please read the Official Rules governing the 2012 Microsoft Office Academic Skills Challenge before entering. By taking an eligible Exam, participants agree to be governed by the competition rules.

Eligibility

1. To participate, you must be a registered student (between 1 November 2011 and 1 August 2012) with an accredited academic institution (either in Primary, Secondary, Technical, Junior College, Centralised Institute, Polytechnic, University or private institution) with the Ministry of Education in Singapore.

2. For those who are currently waiting for results but hold a valid student IDs (between 1 November 2011 and 1 August 2012) are eligible to participate.

3. For those who are currently enlisted and serving National Service Full-Time (NSF) are eligible to participate. Those who have signed-on as Regular will not be eligible. Permissions from the Ministry of Defence, or your unit's HQ, whichever has the authority, must be granted before participating. Certiport Singapore is not responsible if the participants are not granted leave due to certain necessary approval process required to participate or notification by MINDEF or the unit's HQ.

4. Foreign students who are enrolled in accredited academic institutions (with valid student IDs between 1 November 2011 and 1 August 2012) in Singapore are eligible to participate, with an understanding that should they be the winners of the National Finals and be sponsored* to compete at the 2012 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, they will be representing Singapore and not the country of their nationality, birth, residence or otherwise.

5. 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.

6. Each participating fee paid is the actual fee for taking each Microsoft Office Specialist certification exam. Failure to pay the participating fee plus the appropriate GST may result in disqualification of the exam score and/or the participant. No refund will be entertained.

7. Each participant must be the qualified finalist to proceed to the National Finals.

8. To be qualified, each participant must at least meet the standard minimum passing mark of the particular exam taken, followed by the highest mark, then the quickest time in the event of a tie in mark.

9. If the participant achieved the highest mark (or the quickest time in the event of a tie) among all the participants, but did not meet the standard minimum passing mark for the particular exam, then the participant would be disqualified by default.

10. To represent Singapore at the Worldwide Competition, students must be below the age of 22 (as of June 15 2012).

11. The National winners are to attend and represent Singapore at the 2012 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office presented by Certiport in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

12. Should any of the National winners unable to fulfil the role, the next in-line (first runner-up) will take over the National representative's role.

13. For those deemed underage must seek their parental guidance and consent.

14. Certification exam re-take policy applies. Failure to comply with the re-take policy would be subject to disqualification.

15. Microsoft, Certiport, Certiport Singapore reserved the rights to substitute any prize. All prizes cannot be exchanged for cash.

16. The Rules and Regulations of the Competition must be in compliance with the Rules and Regulations set forth by Certiport, Inc.

17. Microsoft, Certiport and Certiport Singapore reserved the rights to alter, amend, change and modify the Rules and Regulations without prior notice.

18. Microsoft, Certiport, and/or Certiport Singapore shall not be held responsible for any loss or damage whatsoever suffered (including but not limited to direct or consequential loss) or personal injury suffered in connection with any prizes offered.

*Certiport Singapore will subsidise 50% of the trip, while the school will subsidise the remaining 50%.