Olympiad exam raising IQ level in young learners

Introduction

In India, the Olympiad examinations are moving sort of a craze in young students and every second student is in hurry to get ready for the Olympiad examination to prove his or her worth in career options.

History

Olympiad exams aren’t very old practice and therefore the first recorded science Olympiad – Math was conducted in Romania in 1959 and from that year it caught the eye of the education fraternity across the world.

Types and categories

There are two types of Olympiads available for schools/colleges students in India. 

The primary one is government-sponsored named Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education.
And the other is commercialized and privately owned and run by educators across India with different names and symbols.

Purposes and aims

The basic purpose of both the categories of Olympiad is to facilitate a platform for competition in various subjects over and above the student’s school examination.
However, it’s seen that in imparting quality education to students private Olympiads have managed to secure a foothold over government-sponsored competitions. And students, generally, prefer a personal but dedicated body to any government competition.

Benefits

There are numerous benefits attached to the present competition which each parent wants their wards to enjoy.
The pattern of competition exams is formulated in such a way that appearing students are prepared to improve his or her cognition skills, logical reasoning and capacity, and understanding of a specific subject.

Spot the talent

All the exams are conducted to spot the talent pool especially subjects and students get a chance to compete with students of varied schools across the state or India. The preparation for such competition gives high motivation and satisfaction to students to perform well in their board examinations.

Career

Most of such examinations in higher classes are conducted with the view of helping the students in choosing the right career path. 

For instance, Science Olympiad is aimed toward preparing students ready for taking higher secondary during this field only. Specialized Olympiads are the results of such aims for instance Astronomy or Astrophysics quite subjects are prepared to offer as an additional edge to students.

Opportunities

Many Olympiad exams give unparallel opportunities to students to showcase their ability not only at national level but also at the international level.

Research finding

In one of the University in Australia case study was conducted on Olympiad Students’ Attitudes towards and keenness for Science and findings indicated that students appeared in Olympiad exams had positive attitudes towards science and in most cases, science was found to be favorite of majority. In one of the summer camp Olympiads had impacted students even more and turned their positive attitude into a passion.

Conclusion

In nutshell, the effect of competitive exams like the Olympiad is extremely encouraging and positive for schools/ colleges students, and for this reason, schools across the country are rushing to register with private Olympiad bodies to organize their students with an additional competitive edge for subsequent level examination.

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