PROGRAMMING OLYMPIAD

 Who may participate?  Schools may enter as many candidates as they like.

Requirements:  Participants will be required to complete a number of programming tasks in two hours.

Each participant must have access to a computer.  Participants may use any programming language generally recognised as a programming language, such as C, C++, Java, Pascal, Python and Delphi.

Location:  Where schools do not have computer facilities, they may make use of computers at another school or tertiary institution.  Schools will have to make these arrangements themselves.

Papers are marked at school.  The teacher in charge of the Computer Olympiad need not be an expert in computer languages.  If a teacher cannot rank the results, the entries may be sent to the Computer Olympiad office for ranking.

Prizes:

• Certificate to the top participant in each grade in each school
• Certificates to the number 1, 2 and 3 participants in each school
• Certificate to the deserving number 1, 2 and 3 participant in each province
• Invitation for the top 10- to 15 participants in SA to come to the Third Round in Cape Town – all expenses paid