Chhattisgarh

• 20 Aug 2021

Olympiad Launched for Online Assessment

Why in News

• On August 19, 2021, Chhattisgarh School Education Minister Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam launched the Olympiad for online assessment of students of Swami Atmanand English Medium Government Schools across the state.

Key Point

• The Olympiad is being held for online assessment of the achievements of the students in Science, Mathematics and English.
• There are four levels of assessment: primary level (Class 3 to 5 - 1,587 students), Secondary (Class 6 to 8), High School (Class 9, 10 ) and Higher Secondary (Class 11, 12).
• 7232 students participated in the Olympiad of Science subject. In these 1587 students of primary level, 2621 of secondary level, 1861 of high school level and 1163 of higher secondary level participated.
• All the questions in the Olympiad are of multiple choice nature. On the basis of marks obtained, students will be ranked at school, district and state level.
• Official sources said that the Mathematics Olympiad is scheduled on August 25 and English on August 31.