Advance to Australia – India Schools Video Competition 2015

About

• Advance to Australia – India Schools Video Competition 2015 is being organized by Cambridge English Language Assessment and the Australian Trade Commission.

• Students from class 7 to 11 can register for India Schools Video Competition 2015, through their schools and make a  3 minute video

• The students will also get a chance to be a part of the series of Road Shows being organized in order to familiarize and educate students about basics of Video making by experts from Australia.

• By participating in the competition students will have the following benefits:

• Students will get a chance to enhance their English  Language Skills.

• Participants will get hands on experience of short film making.

• A chance to experience Australian University life by being a part of Virtual Lectures.

• The winners of the completion will visit Australia on an all-expense paid educational trip.

• During the trip winners will get a chance to know the Universities which was supporting the Theme in which they participated.

Conducted by

Cambridge English Language Assessment

Eligibility Criteria

• Nationality: The participant of his competition needs to be citizens of India.

• Academic Qualification: The students participating in the Video Competition should be studying in class 7 to 11.

• Educational Board: The competition is being organized by Government of Australia and thus the competition is open for participants from IGCSE, IB, CBSE, ICSE, and State Boards.

Application Mode 

The application process of Advance to Australia – India Schools Video Competition is online and needs to be completed by schools; individual students are not allowed to apply for the competition. The details of the application process are as follow:

• Application Form: The applications for the competition are to be made using the online from available at the official website of the Advance to Australia – India Schools Video Competition. >>Click here to fill the Application 

Link:- https://www.a2oz.org/apply.htm

• Participation:
• The students interested in participating in the competition are required to register through their school.
• A school can nominate one team for each theme and one team can have maximum 2 members.

• Specifications of Video:
  • Theme: The participants are required to  make a video related to any of the 4 categories mentioned below:

1. Social Entrepreneurship
2. Creative Animation
3. Robotics
4. Marine Sciences

• • Duration: 3 minute.
  • Language: English.
• Submission: The submission of the video needs to be done by respective school and to complete the submission, the videos are to be uploaded on YouTube and the YouTube links are to be shared with the organizers to complete the submission.

Selection Process

• The result of the Advance to Australia – India Schools Video Competition 2015 will be declared on January 30, 2015.

• The winners will fly to Australia sometime between April & July 2016.

Reward

Out of the entries received under each category, only four winners will be selected i.e. one winner for each category and the following prize will be awarded to the winners:

• Winner form Social Entrepreneurship Category: The winner will get an all-expense paid study visit to Bond University in Queensland’s Gold Coast.

• Winner from Creative Animation Category: The winner from this category will visit Charles Darwin University on an all-expense paid educational Trip.

• Winner from Robotics Category: Anall-expense paid trip to Curtin University, Perth will be offered to the winner of the category.

• Winner from Marine Sciences University: The winner from this category will win an all-expense paid trip to James Cook University.

Important Dates

• Competition Launch: 07 October 2015

• Roadshows: 26 October 2015 – 5 November 2015

• Start date for submission of entries: 15 December 2015 12.00 a.m.

• Last date for submission of entries: 15 January 2016 11.59 p.m

• Announcement of winners : 30 January 2016