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Junior Philosophy Olympiad

JPO 2024

Thich Nhat Hanh & 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.

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?
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 2024

Thich Nhat Hanh's Philosophy​​​​

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the Competition rules
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. 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 .

Competition timeline

05/04/2024

Launching of the competition​

Receiving applications for Round 1​​​

April 2024

Introduction and instruction about the competition

05/05/2024

Registration deadline for Round 1

07/05 - 10/05/2024

Online voting time for Round 1

18/05/2024

Organizing Round 2, 3 and 4

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.​.​

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

01

First prize
  • 15.000.000 VND in cash
  • Award trophy, medal and certificate
  • Summer camp 100% scholarship at The Olympia Schools for each participant
  • Other gifts from sponsors.
  • 15.000.000 VND in cash
  • Award trophy, medal and certificate
  • Summer camp 100% scholarship at The Olympia Schools for each participant
  • Other gifts from sponsors.

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Second Prize
  • 5.000.000 VND in cash
  • Certificate
  • Summer camp 100% scholarship at The Olympia Schools for each participant
  • Other gifts from sponsors.
  • 5.000.000 VND in cash
  • Certificate
  • Summer camp 100% scholarship at The Olympia Schools for each participant
  • Other gifts from sponsors.

03

Third Prizes
  • Medal and Certificate
  • Summer camp 100% scholarship at The Olympia Schools for each participant
  • Other gifts from sponsors
  • Medal and Certificate
  • Summer camp 100% scholarship at The Olympia Schools for each participant
  • Other gifts from sponsors
See more information about the prizes here
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​​

CEO & Co-founder, IEG Global​​

Debate Expert Do Hoang Long

Expert Advisor of The Debaters on VTV7

Mr. Chu Duc An

Managing Director & Co-founder at Moji Debate Academy

Trainer at Truong Teen & The Debaters 2022 on VTV7

Ms. Garima Gupta​

Master of English Language at Rohilkhan University​​

IB-DP, IB-MYP and IGCSE teachers at many international schools​​

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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