The IT-marathon, a number of tournaments organized by the Moscow Department of Information Technology, will start at Moscow schools on October 24, 2016. The marathon aims to make school students more IT savvy, help them learn more about internet security, and promote stable interest in choosing a career.
The tournaments will be held throughout the academic year and will conclude in April 2017 with a final competition featuring the city’s best teams.
Participation is reserved for 10-member teams of 5th to 11th grade school students. A school can only send one team. The team must register for next year’s sixth Learn the Internet and Manage It! national online championship (registration opens in 2017).
Each tournament of the IT-marathon includes the following assignments:
Tournament venues are located in various Moscow districts. More information is available at the following link.
Rules and regulations of the IT-marathon will be available on the website of the School of New Technology. For more information on IT-marathon participation, please call the organizers at +7(495) 651-92-95 (ext. 38825), or send an email to Maria Zhigalina at ZhigalinaMK@edu.mos.ru.
Marathon organizer: School of New Technology with the participation of the Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ