NFO National Finance Olympiad 2016-17

Organization : National Finance Olympiad Association
Competition Name : NFO National Finance Olympiad 2016-17
Applicable For : School (Class 8th-12th) & University Students ( Age group of 17 – 22 year)
Registration Last Date : September 30 , 2016
School Olympiad Dates : Oct – Nov, 2016

Website : http://www.financeolympiad.in/
Register Online : http://www.financeolympiad.in/
Notification :  https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/12110-Brochure.pdf

National Finance Olympiad:

Finance Olympiad is an initiative to make young kids familiar with the need and art of managing money. It is expected that gradually the adolescents shall inculcate the habit of analyzing finance in their day to day life, shall strive for savings and shall also invest their available resources to multiply their worth so that they have comfortable resources for their future endeavors.

Update : International NFO Finance Olympiad 2018-19 : www.contest.net.in/36159.html

Important Dates:
** Registration Invited – 10th February to 10th May 2016
** School Olympiad Round – August – October 2016
** Regional Rounds – November – December 2016
** National Round (Grand Finale) – January 2017

Levels:
Gold@13 : Class 8th, 9thand 10th- Finance Olympiad
Gold@15 : Class 11th and 12th – Finance Olympiad
Gold@18 : University Students between the age group of 17 – 22 year Classroom Training

School Olympiad Round:
** All registered students will be giving this examination.
** Timeline – August to October 2016 (School authorities can select any date in between these months and intimate the organizers about the same.)
** Duration of the examination – 40 mins.
** Venue – School premises.
** Students will receive participation certificate and score card for appearing in this examination.

Regional Round:
** The students who appeared for the School Round would be shortlisted for the Regional Round based on their scores.
** Regional Round would take place at a certain venue in all the regions across India for all the shortlisted students in the month of November or December. The exact date of the examination would be informed to the schools in 15 days advance.

National Grand Finale:
** All the National Qualifying Teams will compete in an oral quiz format in a state of the art auditorium located in National Capital Delhi.
** Event would be covered by media and will be attended by top academicians and industry leaders.
** Winners will be felicitated with Awards, Trophy, Memento and Certificated on the same day

Criteria for Qualifying in Grand Finale:
1 – There should be atleast 2 participants from each level i,e. Gold@13 and Gold@15 representing a single school in the Regional Round.
2 – Scores of top 2 students from both the levels would be taken into consideration for announcing the National Qualifying Team.

Benefits of Affiliating Your School:
** School with maximum student participation will be awarded the title of ”Finance Gurukul” and a cash prize of Rs. 20,000/-. The Principal and Coordinator will be invited for the award felicitation ceremony in New Delhi.
** Grand Finale event will be covered by media and will be attended by top Academicians and Industry Leaders.
** The School Principal and Coordinator will receive a Letter of Appreciation from NFO Association.
** Schools will be entitled for a certain amount for conducting the administrative activities. Also, an additional fee will be paid to the school for undertaking the test invigilation.