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(शिक्षा मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार के अधीन एक स्वायत्त संगठन)

CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

(An Autonomous Organisation Under the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India)

CBSE/SE/IBM/2023 02.02.2023
Circular No. Skill-23/2023
The Heads of all the Institutions affiliated to CBSE

Subject: Future Tech Olympiad – To assess future tech readiness of students for a Digital India

Greetings from CBSE!

CBSE has been at the forefront of introducing future technologies to students thus enabling them to learn
and develop solutions using future technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR),
Virtual Reality (VR), Cyber Security, Data Science and more, through the various skill subjects and partner
programs. CBSE has been making efforts to equip students to become technology leaders of tomorrow who
will use technology responsibly thus supporting the Government of India’s vision of Digital India which aims
to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
CBSE in partnership with IBM is launching the ‘Future Tech Olympiad’, to provide students an opportunity
to assess their understanding of future technologies while inspiring them to learn and gain a deeper
understanding of ethical and productive use of technology. This Olympiad aims to identify youth leaders of
Digital India and give them further opportunities. Along with future technology skills, students will also be
tested on their logical reasoning, digital literacy, analytical skills and numerical reasoning as part of the
Olympiad.
Schools can choose to conduct the Future Tech Olympiad in either Online or Offline mode.
Top students of the Future Tech Olympiad will have the opportunity to win prizes like laptops, industry
internships, showcase and an immersive education experience at University of California, Berkeley (UC
Berkeley). Top schools participating in the Olympiad will also be felicitated.
Registration: Schools are requested to register for the Olympiad before 15th February 2023 using the
following registration link - https://bit.ly/fto2023
Please note that:
1. The program is being offered free of cost to students of all CBSE affiliated schools.
2. Students from grades VI to VIII are eligible for the program.
3. Kindly refer to the annexure for more details.
4. For any queries, please reach out to [email protected]

(Biswajit Saha)
Director (Skill Education)
Encl: Annexure – Details about the Future Tech Olympiad

‘शिक्षा सदन’ ,17 राऊज़ एवेन्यू ,इं स्टीटू िनल एररया, नई ददल्ली–110002
‘Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002
फ़ोन/Telephone: 011-23216963, 23214737 वेबसाइट/Website :http://www.cbseacademic.nic.in ई-मेल/e-mail: [email protected].
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(शिक्षा मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार के अधीन एक स्वायत्त संगठन)

CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

(An Autonomous Organisation Under the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India)

Copy to the respective Heads of Directorates, Organizations and Institutions as indicated below with a
request to disseminate the information to all the schools under their jurisdiction:

1. The Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, 18, Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg,
Delhi-110016
2. The Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, B-15, Sector-62, Institutional Area, Noida - 201309.
3. The Director of Education, Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Old Secretariat, Delhi -
110054
4. The Director of Public Instructions (Schools), Union Territory Secretariat, Sector 9, Chandigarh - 160017
5. The Director of Education, Govt. of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim - 737101
6. The Director of School Education, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar - 791 111
7. The Director of Education, Govt. of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Port Blair - 744101
8. The Director, Central Tibetan School Administration, ESSESS Plaza, Community Centre, Sector 3, Rohini,
New Delhi
9. The Secretary, Sainik Schools Society, Room No.101, D-1 Wing, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110001
10. The Additional Director, General of Army Education, A – Wing, Sena Bhawan, DHQ, PO, New Delhi –
110001
11. The Secretary, AWES, Integrated Headquarters of MoD (Army), FDRC Building No. 202, Shankar Vihar
(Near APS), Delhi Cantt – 110010
12. The Secretary, Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of
India.
13. The Chairman, Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan, N-1/9, Near Doordarshan Kendra, PO Sainik School
Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751005.
14. The Deputy Secretary to Chairman, CBSE - for kind information of the Chairman, CBSE
15. All the Heads of Department of the Board.
16. All the Regional Directors/Regional Officers/Head-COEs, CBSE with the request to send this circular to
all the Heads of the affiliated schools of the Board in their respective regions for compliance.
17. Head (Media & Public Relations), CBSE
18. Assistant Secretary (IT), CBSE, Rouse Avenue with the request to upload this notification on the CBSE
Academic website.
19. Incharge, Hindi Cell, CBSE HQ – for Hindi Translation of this notification.

Director (Skill Education)

‘शिक्षा सदन’ ,17 राऊज़ एवेन्यू ,इं स्टीटू िनल एररया, नई ददल्ली–110002
‘Shiksha Sadan’, 17, Rouse Avenue, Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002
फ़ोन/Telephone: 011-23216963, 23214737 वेबसाइट/Website :http://www.cbseacademic.nic.in ई-मेल/e-mail: [email protected].
FutureTech
Olympiad
Future Tech Olympiad
The Future Tech Olympiad is designed to celebrate
‘Creators of Future Technologies’ who will drive the
world forward towards a better tomorrow by using
technololgy responsibly. The Olympiad aims to identify
competent youth leaders of Digital India who can lead us
in creating a healthy digital environment and safeguard
the digital world.
The Future Tech Olympiad will assess the participants on
their future technology skills, logical reasoning, digital
literacy, analytical skills and numerical reasoning
while ultimately helping them gain a deeper
understanding of ethical and productive use of
technology.
The FutureTech Olympiad will provide an opportunity
for the participants to comprehend, apply, analyse,
synthesise, and evaluate their technological
understanding as a part of a community of young
learners in rural and urban India and showcase their
talent at a national level.

The Future Tech Olympiad will enable you to

• Gain knowledge and exposure
• Acquire Future Tech skills
• Compete nationally
• Earn recognition and rewards
• Boost morale & confidence
• Become future-ready
 05 07
01 04 The best
performing
school will be
UC Berkeley Chance to get specially
Immersive internship with felicitated at a
Certificate of
Education industry partners high level
Recognition
Experience national event

02 03

Laptops and Best Idea will be

Headphones showcase at
CBSE with PR & Social
Media coverage

06

The best performing teacher-in-charge

will win an opportunity to be felicitated
at a high-level national event and will be
given global opportunities in
Silicon Valley, USA
 Process Flow
02 04 06
Screening Round Beta Level Result
School can conduct an MCQ based test on Selected students from previous round will need
to create campaign in your School/Online using Results will be declared
any convenient day between 15th & 31st Jan 2023
the posters to educate parents or community by 1 st April 2023
about.
Online or Offline format
Last date to submit the report is 15th Mar
Result will be shared on 5th Feb, 2023.
.

01 03 05
Registration Alpha Level
Gamma Level
School can register till 31 January 2023 Selected students will work on to create
E-Poster/Poster and write-ups on any of Selected entries for final round will
given topic. create a presentation to showcase your
campaign work during 20th - 25th Mar.
Last Date of submission is 18th Jan.
Result will be shared on 24th Feb.
Registration
School Registration process

Step 1 Step 2 S t ep 3 Step 4

Visit the official page for Fill in the basic details such as School can prepare list of Click on the button that
Olympiad exam registration: School Name, Principal Name participants and fill the says “Submit”.
https://bit.ly/fto2023 and Contact No. Teacher ‘Student Detail form’
In-charge & Contact No. Please double-check that all
School Address, etc. information.

SCAN THIS QR
 Process Flow
Steps to conduct Offline Mode Test

01 02 03 04 05

The paper will be sent to Test In-charge needs to Conduct the screening Check the answer sheets Send the list via mail
schools via school mail. download the test paper and round in given timeline. and make list of the along with the answer
answerkey sheet and make (Make sure about the score. sheets of top 10
required copy. time limits needs to ( You can prepare MS students from each Papar.
follow strictly) Excel sheet) (Class 6 to 8 : Paper 1,
Class 9 to 12 : Paper 2)
 Process Flow
Steps to conduct Online Mode Test

01 02 03

Go to the link Attempt the test Once you complete the test don’t
( will be shared on registered Email-Ids) (make sure that you complete forget to click the Submit the answer.
and login. within time frame)
Process Detail
Screening Round

Th e re w i l l b e 4 0 M C Q s , s t u d e n t s
M ode : Onlin e a n d Of f lin e
needs to attempt

Topics will be covered in the test.

Paper 1 : Class
6th to 8th
• Mathematics • Digital Literacy (Awareness, Vocabulary)

• Science • Digital Etiquette (Security, Ethics)

• Logical Reasoning • AI, AR-VR, DC

Paper 2 : Class
9th to 12th
Process Detail
Selected Students from Screening round will move to next Alpha Level.

Team of min. 2 members and

Alp h a Level Gr oup T ask max. 4 members

Team can choose any technology along with theme of subject and prepare project around it.

A rtif icial Intelligence

D igital Citizenship
• Team to make a E-Poster/s or
Poster/s on DC/AI/AR-VR topics.
• Write up on the importance of
A ugmented Reality (A R)
DC/AI/AR-VR.
TEAM
V irtual Reality (V R)
Process Detail
Selected Students from Alpha Level will move to next Beta Level.

Team of min. 2 members and

B eta Level Gr oup T ask max. 4 members

• Create a campaign in your School/Online using

R epo r t c am pai gn exec u t i o n o n
the posters to educate parents or the community
DC /AR -V R /AI t o pi c s - P DF s/V i deo s/I m ages
about DC/AR-VR/AI.
• Conduct DC/AR-VR/AI awareness surveys.

Evaluation Criteria: Concept, Scope, Applicability, Creativity,

Process Detail
Selected Students from Beta Level will move to next Gamma Level.

Team of min. 2 members and

G amma Level Gr oup T ask max. 4 members

Create a presentation to showcase your S u bm i t t h e c am pai gn as a pr esen t at i o n

campaign work. o n F l au n c h , an d a pi t c h v i deo

Evaluation Criteria: Presentations, Pitch

Thank You

FAQs- Future Tech Olympiad

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