COMPETITION RULES
The
Project
The Opportunity is yours…
To win the Experience Pakistan competition
by excelling in research of a specific aspect of Pakistan – the land and its people, and portraying your keen
understanding through a multimedia presentation using ICT
tools.
The Rules
The first step is to register
your participation by clicking
here You can change some details at a later date. Decide
your team and prepare a multimedia presentation about an
aspect of Pakistan lasting no more than 15 minutes from
the research themes listed below.
Due to the success of the
annual Experience Pakistan competition and the amount of
entries we are now receiving every year, we can now only
accept entries on CD's. Any entries
recieved by email or on floppy disks will be disqualified.
The presentations must be
as automatic as possible. For example, If your submission is a Powerpoint
presentation, then each slide must be set using the in-built
timer with Powerpoint. There must be no manual clicking
through to the next slide. Alternatively if other software
is used, then this must also be automatic, i.e. if Flash
is used then this must automatically navigate through all
areas of the presentation, again with no manual clicking
of the mouse. These rules also apply to any other software
chosen.
Serious
about winning? then click here for a list of do's and don'ts
and how to win!
Elegibility
The Experience Pakistan 2006 competition is open to
pupils of Year 9 and 10 (Average 14/15 years of age) in all schools
all over the UK.
Participation is teams of up to FIVE PUPILS and a SUPERVISING TUTOR.
Substitutions, if any, may be notified
no later than the last day of registration.
There is no bar on the number of teams that may be entered
by a school. All activity – from registration to interaction with
the Project Management team, submission of project presentations
and announcement of results – will be web based.
The supervising tutor will be expected to accompany the party from their school on the trip to
Pakistan, should they be one of the winners. She or he will
be expected to assume full responsibility
for the party.
All members of the team must be in the same school year, there must
be no helpers from other years. This is due to the fact
that we take the importance of students exams very seriously
and should you win, then events like the Presentation Ceremonies
and tour of Pakistan do not interfere with an important
academic year and students exams.
The Requirement
Participating teams will be
required to select a team to suit the range of expertise
required to produce the presentation e.g. ICT, research,
presentation, artistic and language skills.
Select a subject that stimulates interest.
Carry out research utilising a wide variety of sources to
collect material for a fifteen-minute multimedia presentation.
Employ a variety of multimedia tools to prepare the presentation.
Record all sources utilised for the purpose of research
in the presentation.
Record individual credits to team members to acknowledge
their contribution.
List the tools and technology that were used in the process
of producing the presentation.
Hand in your presentation for assessment and…keep
your fingers crossed!
Research Themes
Participants are free to choose
from the following list of topics at the time of registration:
• Discovering Muhammad Ali Jinnah; the Creator of
Pakistan.
• Discovering Sir Muhammad Iqbal; the Poet-Philosopher
of Pakistan.
• The Indus Valley Civilisation; Pakistan’s
geographical and historical moorings.
• Arts, crafts, folklore, festivals and fairs of the
Pakistani people.
• Unity in Diversity; the geographic, ethnic, cultural
and linguistic mosaic called Pakistan.
• The Sport of Kings and the King of all Sports; Polo
and its origins in Pakistan.
• Pakistan Today; sights and sounds from all over
the land.
• The Military Heritage - discovering the shared heritage
of military tradition between the British and Pakistan Armies.
Entries will be assessed on the
individual quality of research and presentation in accordance
with the research themes;
there is therefore, no limit to the number of teams selecting
a particular topic.
COMPETITION DEADLINES
DEADLINES/DATES FOR 2007
The deadlines below are adhered
to as much as possible, however all dates are subject to
change. Advanced warnings of any date/time changes will be
given as much as possible.
EXPERIENCE
PAKISTAN 2007 IMPORTANT DATES
Please Note: All dates maybe subject to change
| Serial
No |
Activity |
Date (Dates may be subject to change) |
| 2 |
Registration
Opens |
Open Ended |
| 4 |
Submission
of Multimedia Presentation |
25th
January 2007 |
| 5 |
Entries shortlisted - Schools informed |
21st February 2007 |
| 6 |
Main presentation Viewing for the Judges |
2nd February 2007 |
| 5 |
Results
Announced |
week commencing 5th February 2007 |
| 6 |
Presentation
Ceremony |
21st February 2007 |
| 7 |
Experience
Pakistan Tour |
17th October - 27th October 2007 |
DEADLINES/DATES FOR 2008
EXPERIENCE
PAKISTAN 2008 IMPORTANT DATES
Please Note: All dates maybe subject to change
TBA
| Serial
No |
Activity |
Date (Dates may be subject to change) |
| 2 |
Registration
Opens |
Open Ended |
| 4 |
Submission
of Multimedia Presentation |
TBA |
| 5 |
Entries shortlisted - Schools informed |
TBA |
| 6 |
Main presentation Viewing for the Judges |
TBA |
| 5 |
Results
Announced |
TBA |
| 6 |
Presentation
Ceremony |
TBA |
| 7 |
Experience
Pakistan Tour |
TBA |
|
WINNING TEAMS
The winning teams come
together at the House of Lords for a Presentation Ceremony during
February half term week, where the schools will be awarded salvers
and the students medals and certificates to commemorate their achievement.
The fitting finale of this ceremony is a tour of the Houses of Parliament
traditionally conducted by Lord Weatherill and no one does it better!
The climax of the Project is
the ten-day
Experience Pakistan Tour for the winners accompanied
by some of the judges and hosts from Akhter, which will take place
during Spring 2008. The tour will carry the young
ambassadors to Islamabad where it all begins with an audience with
eminent personalities, visits to the historic Khyber Pass, the Himalayas,
a number of architectural and archaeological sites, the centuries
old museum in the fifteen-hundred year old city of Lahore. The winners
partake of sport, entertainment and the local fare, meet sporting
heroes and visit public and private schools for an official “Cyber-Twinning” with them.
