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Junior Philosophy Olympiad

JPO 2023

Plato & NextGen

Junior Philosophy Olympiad is an English playground on philosophical topics for students from grades 4 to 9 in Viet Nam and internationally, organized by The Olympia Schools with the partnership of National Geographic Learning Vietnam, Oxford University Press and British Council.

Competition theme for 2023 is: Plato and NextGen. Candidates will delve into Plato's philosophy about the origin of knowledge and learning, beauty and virtue, morality and law. Be prepared with challenges and various philosophical questions such as::

  • Who defines morality?
  • What is study?
  • What is virtue?
  • Where does knowledge come from?
  • What is beautiful?
Competition information

Participants

Vietnamese and international students can register to participate in groups of 3 and compete in the 2 corresponding boards:

- Griffin board: For students from grade 4-6​​

- Olympia board: For students from grades 7-9​

- Members of a team can come from different ages (within the age range of each board) and are not required to study at the same school.​

Locality

Vietnam & international​

Competition format

Speaking, writing and debating in English

Competition theme of 2023

Plato's Philosophy​​

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Competition rounds

Round 1

Knowledge Quest

Online Round

After registering, the teams will receive questions for Round 1 and they will submit 90-180 seconds video to answer. The videos will be posted on Facebook Junior Philosophy Olympiad for voting. 50% of scoring points come from voting results, 50% others come from the scoring by jury. In each board, the top 10 teams with the highest scores in Round 1 will move forward to Round 2, which is organized at The Olympia Schools.

Round 2

Being pen

Collaborative Writing​

The jury will give an essay topic, each member will write an individual essay after agreeing with the whole team to choose a topic, ensuring the relation and consistency between the essays of the members in the same team. The 2 teams with the highest scores in this writing round will move to Round 3.

Round 3

Ethics Bowl

Debate Round

The 2 best teams will debate directly on the stage to compete for First and Second prizes. Round 3 will occur in the same day with Round 2 at The Olympia Schools..

Competition timeline

05/04/2023

Launching of the competition​

Receiving applications for Round 1​​​

16/4 & 21/04/2023

Introduction and instruction about the competition

07/5/2023

Extended registration deadline for Round 1

10/5 - 14/5/2023

Online voting time for Round 1

21/5/2023

Organizing Round 2 and Round 3

What do students get?
Challenge students’ knowledge and skills

All competition rounds require not only contestants’ learning agility but also their diverse subject knowledge and strong academic skills to satisfy their desire to learn and explore profound, humane and philosophical topics..

Cultivate philosophical thinking

Annually, students accompany the competition in their philosophical journey to foster their philosophical thinking, form a solid human outlook, worldview and value system for themselves in their learning and life journey..​​

Valuable Award​

Scholarship awards and valuable gifts.

Improve students’ foreign language skills​

Develop and hone students' skills in using academic and creative English language..​

Self-development​

Practice teamwork skills, critical thinking, and cultivate their reflective capacity.​.​

Prizes
Prizes Olympia Board(Students from grade 7 - 9) Griffin Board(Students from grade 4 - 6)

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First prize

  • 15.000.000 VND in cash
  • Award trophy, medal and certificate
  • International summer camp scholarship of EF worth 1.650 USD for each participant
  • Scholarships and vouchers for English courses or educational consulting services of EF, IEG or SparkPrep for each member.
  • Gifts from sponsors Oxford University Press, Phu Thai, National Geographic for each member
  • 15.000.000 VND in cash
  • Award trophy, medal and certificate
  • Summer camp 100% scholarship at The Olympia Schools for each participant
  • Scholarships and vouchers for English courses or educational consulting services of EF, IEG or SparkPrep for each member.
  • Gifts from sponsors Oxford University Press, Phu Thai, National Geographic for each member

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Second Prize

  • 5.000.000 VND in cash
  • Award medal and certificate
  • Summer camp 100% scholarship at The Olympia Schools for each participant
  • Scholarships and vouchers for English courses or educational consulting services of EF, IEG or SparkPrep for each member.
  • Gifts from sponsors Oxford University Press, Phu Thai, National Geographic for each member
  • 5.000.000 VND in cash
  • Award medal and certificate
  • Summer camp 100% scholarship at The Olympia Schools for each participant
  • Scholarships and vouchers for English courses or educational consulting services of EF, IEG or SparkPrep for each member.
  • Gifts from sponsors Oxford University Press, Phu Thai, National Geographic for each member

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Third Prizes

  • Award medal and certificate
  • Summer camp 100% scholarship at The Olympia Schools for each participant
  • Scholarships and vouchers for English courses or educational consulting services of EF, IEG or SparkPrep for each member.
  • Gifts from sponsors Oxford University Press, Phu Thai, National Geographic for each member
  • Award medal and certificate
  • Summer camp 100% scholarship at The Olympia Schools for each participant
  • Scholarships and vouchers for English courses or educational consulting services of EF, IEG or SparkPrep for each member.
  • Gifts from sponsors Oxford University Press, Phu Thai, National Geographic for each member
Judges

Dr. Vo Thuc Anh​

PhD Linguistics, Nottingham University​

Head of English Department at Olympia​

Dr. Nguyen Chi Hieu​

PhD Economics, Stanford University​

Academic Director of The Olympia Schools​​

Mr. Laurence Whitaker

Senior Teacher Young Learners of British Council at Việt Nam

M.Ed. Nguyen Ngoc Tu Uyen​

Master of Education, Harvard University​​

Debate Expert Do Hoang Long

Expert Advisor of The Debaters on VTV7

Chu Duc An

President at Moji Debate

The competition is not only an English language playground for "little philosophers" with profound and humanistic topics, but it is also an opportunity for students to hone their critical thinking skill, reflective capacity, research ability, and simultaneously form a humanistic outlook on the life of a global citizen. Through topics that are both close to students and touch the depths of knowledge, self and morality, students can develop their own personal outlook and value system in their lifelong learning and personal development journey.​
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