CBSE National Informatics Olympiad (NIO) 2017

The Central Board of Secondary Education is conducting the National Informatics Olympiad in collaboration with the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), Mumbai, across the country and abroad. The examination for the same held in two stages. The examination is open to all the students of Classes VIII to XII studying in schools affiliated to CBSE as well as other Boards in the country.

The first stage examination consisting of the Zonal Informatics Olympiad (ZIO) is a written examination to test the aptitude of the students, their logical competence, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking. The second stage is called Indian National Olympiad in Informatics (INOI). The candidates who qualify in the first stage examination as per the norms prescribed by the selection committee will appear in the second stage examination which is based on programming skills.

Zonal Informatics Olympiad, 2017 (ZIO-2017) and Zonal Computing Olympiad, 2017 (ZCO-2017)

The Zonal Informatics Olympiad, 2017 (ZIO-2017) and Zonal Computing Olympiad, 2017 (ZCO-2017) was held on Sunday, 20 Nov 2016 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm at centres across the country. Online registration is open from 15 Sep 2016 to 05 Nov 2016.

Result – Declared

The Central Board of Secondary Education has announced the Result of ZIO, ZCO & INOI which can also be checked through the link provided below. INOI 2017 was held on Sunday, 8 January, 2017 in the same cities where ZIO and ZCO were conducted.

Individual Registration

Register online on the TCS iON Digital Hub for the Indian Computing Olympiad website or through the direct link given below.

Registration process is over…!!!

Important Instruction

After registering, within the Digital Hub, click on “Enroll Here” to fill out the online registration form.
The registration fee is Rs 250, to be paid online (internet banking, debit card, credit card).
After paying the fee, you will receive an acknowledgment by email/SMS. An activation code for the Digital Hub will be sent to the registered email address within 24 hours. This will be needed to access the practice test.
Registration is open till 05 Nov 2016.
Admit cards will be available through the Digital Hub from 13 Nov 2016.

Bulk Registration

Bulk registration is only available for registering 10 or more participants at the same time. Download this spreadsheet template and fill in the candidate details. Please ensure that you enter a valid email address and contact phone number for each student. Notifications will be sent via these channels.

Important Instruction

Submit the completed spreadsheet by email to ico@iarcs.org.in
The registration fees are Rs 250 per student. This should be paid through a Demand Draft in the name of Indian Association for Research in Computing Science, payable in Mumbai.

Make a single consolidated Demand Draft for the entire registration fee (for instance, for 11 candidates, make the DD for Rs 2750) and send it by Speed Post or courier to the following address.

Prof. Madhavan Mukund
Attn: ICO 2017 Bulk Registration
Chennai Mathematical Institute
H1, SIPCOT IT Park, Siruseri
Kelambakkam 603103
Phone: (044) 6748 0900

Important: Each candidate must also register online on the TCS iON Digital Hub for the Indian Computing Olympiad. This will be required to download the Admit Card and also to access the Practice Tests for ZIO-2017.
A separate acknowledgment will be sent when the registration fee payment is received. An activation code for the Digital Hub will be sent to the registered email address within 24 hours. This will be needed to access the practice test.
Registration is open till 05 Nov 2016.
Admit cards will be available through the Digital Hub from 13 Nov 2016.

Exam Centres

Centres for ZIO-2017 and ZCO-2017 arranged in the following 34 cities.

Allahabad, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Baroda, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bokaro, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Kota, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Tiruchi, Trivandrum, Varanasi, Visakhapatnam.

Exam Details

ZIO-2017 and ZCO-2017 were held in parallel, at the same centres, so students can write only one of the two exams to qualify for INOI-2017. The choice is to be made at the time of registration.
ZIO-2017 will be administered as a computerized test, on the TCS iON platform. The question paper pattern will be the same as in previous years. You will work out the solutions using pen and paper and only submit your final answers. Instead of a printed question paper and answer sheet, you will read the question paper on the screen and type in your answers on the computer.
The TCS iON Digital Hub for ICO has ZIO papers from 2014, 2015 and 2016 available as Practice Tests. You can attempt each of these tests five times through the Digital Hub to familiarize yourself with the interface that you will be using during the actual exam.
ZCO-2017 is a programming exam. The programming languages available in ZCO-2017 are C, C++, and Java.
You will develop your code on your computer and submit it code for evaluation to a server, with feedback on correct/wrong answers.

For C and C++, the local computer will have Dev-Cpp installed for writing and debugging code. Unfortunately, no IDE will be available for Java.

Instructions will be provided on how to write and debug Java code without an IDE, as well as other relevant features of the evaluation system.

Previous Year Question Paper

Question Papers from previous years and other training details are available at the Olympiad website for which links are given below.

When the candidates go to the examination center to write the examination, they should carry with them a bonafide certificate with their photograph attested by the Principal of their school. Since no Roll Number will be allotted to candidates, they have to write their name, class, school’s name with address and center name in the answer sheet and information sheet provided to them.

Please note that CBSE will not reimburse expenses incurred by the school on travel or accommodation of the students to participate in the first stage of the Olympiad.

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