Name of the Organisation : Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (ida.gov.sg)
Type of Announcement : National Infocomm Competition 2014
Country : Singapore
http://www.ida.gov.sg/
Related : NSI Competition Network and Security Investigation Singapore Republic Polytechnic : www.statusin.org/817.html
National Infocomm Competition :
The National Infocomm Competition (NIC) is a year-long ICT competition held annually that allows students to hone their skills and showcase their talent in ICT.
The NIC is the largest network of ICT competitions in Singapore.
The competition is part of IDA’s talent attraction effort to inculcate interest and raise exposure about ICT among students and create a common branding to boost the prestige of ICT.
This year, NIC 2014 seeks to develop and co-organise competitions with partners in key emerging and strategic areas that will enhance students’ abilities to;
1 Build (through competitions on Mobile Apps, Games, Robotics, etc)
2 Secure (through competitions on Cyber Security, Encryption, Digital Forensics, etc)
3 Analyse (through competitions on Data Analysis, Data Modelling, etc.)
IDA will be working with relevant organisations on the list of competitions to be included under the NIC 2014. The list will be ready by end April.
Request for Support Under NIC2014 :
Competition organisers with competitions aligned to the goals of NIC may submit a request to come under the NIC2014.
The proposed competition should;
1 Be in key emerging and strategic ICT areas;
2 Seek to enhance students’ abilities to Build, Secure and Analyse and encourages computational thinking and/ or has problem solving elements; and,
3 Reach out to large number of students.
Submission details :
To help us evaluate suitability, interested organisers are required to submit a letter of request, and state clearly the following:-
1 Request to come under the NIC2014 and indicate reasons of suitability
2 Title of Competition
3 Background
4 Objectives
5 Target audience (e.g. Secondary, Junior College, Poly, etc)
6 Skills trained
7 Expected number of participants
8 Timeline
9 Requested sponsorship amount (if any)
10 Any other supporting information
The letter is to be duly signed and sent to IDA at the following address;
IDA Singapore
10 Pasir Panjang Road
#10-01 Mapletree Business City
Singapore 117438
Attention: Joseph Tan, Manpower Development (National Infocomm Competition)
Submission Closing Date: 30 Jun 2014