Skillizen Launches World’s First Online “international Skills Olympiad”

GURGAON, India - Feb. 4, 2015 - PRLog -- Skillizen, a Singapore headquartered social education venture, today announced the launch of “International Skills Olympiad”.

This is the world’s 1st Olympiad that focuses on life skills and will be held online on the 25th of May 2015, and the best part is that enrollment is completely free!

This online life skills test will focus on assessing skills and competencies currently missing in school curriculums, but are indispensable for future citizens of 21^st century in their personal and professional lives.

Typical questions will be based on real life scenarios that will test young students on essential life skills like leadership, ethics, teamwork, interpersonal communication, goal setting and many more.

Aimed at young citizens from Grade IV to XII, the online exam is built around the Skillizen Curriculum, the world’s 1^st Management Skills Curriculum. The curriculum covers a wide range of 25 critical skill sets and follows a unique pedagogy that administers even the most complex skills in a manner that even 6 year young kid can playfully master such skills.

Launching the Skills Olympiad, Mr. Sidharth Tripathy, founder & CEO of Skillizen said, “The children of 21st century need a whole range of critical Life skills to engage, manage and lead the world.” He further added “While preparing for this test, young minds in grade IV-XII will acquire such skills and calibrate their skills level against the most skilled young brains of the world.”

The prize for the winners in the International Skills Olympiad includes a fully sponsored educational trip to Harvard University in USA.  Besides the top prize, there are 1000s of other prestigious awards.

Announcing the top prize, Mr. Tripathy said, “Skillizen was founded during my masters level work at Harvard University in the summer of 2011, and it is only fitting that the winners of International Skills Olympiad would visit Harvard University and experience the environment at Harvard where the mission of Skillizen was seeded.”


For more information or to enroll, go to http://www.iskillsolympiad.org