Organizer
Junior Philosophy Olympiad
JPO 2024
Thich Nhat Hanh & NextGenJunior 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.
Competition theme for 2024 is: “Thich Nhat Hanh and NextGen”. Candidates will delve into Thich Nhat Hanh's philosophy about happiness, inner emotions and abstract concepts of time. Be prepared with challenges and various philosophical questions such as::
- What is happiness?
- How do we find it?
- What is past, present, and future?
- How do we heed each moment?
- What do we learn from our emotions?
- How are we all connected?
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 2024
Thich Nhat Hanh's Philosophy
Download
the Competition rules
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. 70% of scoring points come from the scoring by jury, 30% others come from voting results. 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 Round
The jury will give an essay topic, each member of Top 10 teams 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.
Round 3
Ethics Bowl
Debate Round
Taking place on the same day as Round 2, after the written test, Top 10 teams of each board will be divided into 5 pairs to compete in their board and debate with their opponents in Ethics Bowl format..
Round 4
Finale
Debate Round
The 2 best teams will continue to debate directly on the stage to compete for First and Second prizes. The format will be similar to Round 3, but with increased difficulty. Round 4 will occur on the same day with Round 2 and 3 at The Olympia Schools .
05/04/2024
Launching of the competition
Receiving applications for Round 1
To be updated soon
Introduction and instruction about the competition
01/05/2024
Registration deadline for Round 1
04/05 - 07/05/2024
Online voting time for Round 1
18/05/2024
Organizing Round 2, 3 and 4
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 | Olympia Board(Students from grade 7 - 9) | Griffin Board(Students from grade 4 - 6) |
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01 First prize |
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01 Second Prize |
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03 Third Prizes |
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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
Debate Expert Do Hoang Long
Expert Advisor of The Debaters on VTV7
