QNSCC

Qatar National Scratch Coding Competition

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Acknowledge young innovative talents

This competition is oriented to acknowledge young innovative talents and it aims to inspire next generation to pursue careers in digital, data and Technology Profession in order to enhance the creation of a more sustainable educational and economic future, in support of the national vision of Qatar 2030.

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Open to all students aged from 6 to 18

QNSCC is open to all students aged from 6 to 18 years old, in primary, middle and high schools in Qatar , and to students attending after-school coding clubs. This year, as requested by many participant and coaches, QNSCC is proudly open to students all over the world. Please visit competition rules section for more details.

QNSCC Last Year Achievement

Our success stories - What we have achieved

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More than 650 registered student

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More than 70 international and national schools participated

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More than 26 offered awards

Information about the second edition of

Important Dates

The registration for the second edition of QNSCC is opened until 7th of December 2018. Open and Scrobot Category Deadline to submit & upload projects is 31st of January. The award ceremony will be held in March 2019 at Qatar National Convention Center.

Competition Rules

The open category is open to participants aged from 6 to 18 years old (3 levels: elementary, junior and senior). Scrobot category is open to participants from 6 to 18 years old. Regular Category is limited to students who are 12 to 18 years old. Please visit the rules sections for more details.

Categories and challenges

In the Open Category, students can create a video game, a story or an animation project, in english, arabic or french that follows the competition theme and share the project online via the Scratch website at scratch.mit.edu. For this second edition we add a new category : SCROBOT, Students can use Robots and Electronic programmed with scratch. Regular category for Senior Students : Students will have three hours to solve with Scratch, a real-time problem related to algorithm. Please visit the rules sections for more details.

Call for tasks - Regular category -

The scientific comitee of QNSCC 2019 cordially invites authors in the areas of information science and technology for submitting tasks for Regular challenge task of Qatar National Scratch Coding Competition 2019. If you are interrested to suggest an axam subject for the regular category, and if some of your designed tasks seem easy but creative please submit it. Please visit Call of tasks section for more information.

Partnerships & Sponsors

QNSCC is in partnership with Qatar National Research Fund, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, UNESCO Doha office, and is part of the Qatar National Scientific Research Week.

About Scratch

Scratch is a visual programming language that makes it easy for young people to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music and art – and share their creations on the web.Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab and is available free of charge.

What You Should Know About Scratch

Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively – essential skills for life in the 21st century.

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