{"id":3911,"date":"2025-04-03T11:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T03:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.edcity.hk\/overview\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T17:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T09:45:33","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.edcity.hk\/en\/ictawards\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3911\" class=\"elementor elementor-3911 elementor-1254\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-768019f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"768019f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6127c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e6127c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Objective<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bcbd18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bcbd18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hong Kong ICT Awards 2025: Student Innovation Award has been created with the objectives of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cultivating a cultural environment that nurtures and encourages innovative and creative thinking<\/li>\n<li>Increasing student engagement and enthusiasm in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)<\/li>\n<li>Promoting the application of Computational Thinking for effective problem-solving<\/li>\n<li>Offering a stage for students to present their innovative concepts and projects<\/li>\n<li>Revealing the hidden capabilities of students and motivating potential talents to pursue careers as ICT professionals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a777d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a777d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Eligibility Requirements<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6606ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6606ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\r\n \t<li>Current students<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Participate in teams, limited to 1 to 4 students per team<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The participating team members in the primary and secondary school groups must be students from the same school; the stream of higher education is allowed to participate in joint university or college<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The stream of primary and secondary school must be registered by the responsible teacher of the respective school<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Each participating team must arrange for a student to serve as team leader to facilitate contact with EdCity<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 id=\"annotation-title\" class=\"annotation\" style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;\">Note:<\/h3>\r\n<ol class=\"annotation\">\r\n \t<li>Participants from higher education must provide valid student certification documents (such as student ID cards)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The list of participating team members cannot be changed after the deadline for submission of entries<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05bc6c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05bc6c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Streams<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eac95e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2eac95e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\r\n \t<li>Stream 1: Primary<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Stream 2: Junior Secondary<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Stream 3: Senior Secondary<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Stream 4: Higher Education<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"annotation\" style=\"margin-top: 8px;\">*Includes students in Diploma, Higher Diploma, Associate Degree and Bachelor&#8217;s full-time programs<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c028b9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c028b9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mode of Competition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85d25a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85d25a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each participating team must choose one of the competition themes and prepare a project proposal (no more than 18 slides of PowerPoint) and 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