The Computer Applications Olympiad had double the anticipated number of schools participating this year. Finalists came from six provinces to compete for the co.za Cares trophy at the University of Cape Town. BACKGROUND The Computer Applications Olympiad (CAO) challenges the skills of learners in the use of Computer Office packages like Microsoft Office, …..
Learners who do well in Maths took most of the medals at the Computer Programming Olympiad Finals last week. In the hotly contested Final Round of the Standard Bank Computer Olympiad all the medals and prize money went to boys who are also stars in other Olympiads.
Two South African learners won medals at the International Olympiad in Informatics in Thailand. In two days of programming, they competed against participants from 79 other countries – including China, Russia and the USA.
PROGRAMMING OLYMPIAD RESULTS The Computer Programming Olympiad Finalists, the Provincial Certificates Winners and the Top Schools are listed below. FINALISTS The following participants have been invited to the final round of the Computer Programming Olympiad in Cape Town from 3 to 5 September (in alphabetical order): …..
GIRLS SHINE IN OLYMPIAD Half of the medal winners at the South African Computer Applications Olympiad were girls – beating more than 6 000 participants countrywide. However, the winner overall was a boy, Taariq Asmal of the Tshwane Muslim School. The Computer Olympiad attracts 38 000 participants in the First Round, but only 3 500 …..
Imagine the surprise when you are expecting 500 participants and more than 6 000 register. This is what happened to the organizers of the 2010 Computer Applications Olympiad. Computer Programming is offered at very few schools, but a new subject Computer Applications Technology (CAT) is offered at more and more schools – including disadvantaged schools. …..
At the 2010 International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in Canada a team of four South African learners managed to win a bronze medal each against stiff opposition from 80 countries. Every year learners from countries from all over the world meet for the International Olympiad in Informatics. This year learners from 80 countries met at …..
In 2009, for the first time in the 26 year history of the South African Computer Olympiad, two participants tied for the first place. Gwylim Ashley of Knysna and Kosie van der Merwe of Brackenfell had identical scores and were both awarded gold trophies at a function attended by academics, educationalists and Western Cape Premier …..
The Top 60 schools and students who participated in the Second Round of the 2009 Standard Bank/Computer Society of South Africa Computer Olympiad were announced in Cape Town today, together with the names of the learners who have been invited to take part in the Final Round. A total of 33,119 students from 410 schools …..
South African Maths and IT whiz kid, Francois Conradie, impressed the judges at the 2009 International Olympiad in Informatics with his computer programming skills and was awarded a bronze medal at the 21st IOI in Bulgaria. Every year learners from more than 80 countries from all over the world meet for the International Olympiad in …..