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21st KAO (2021)

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The 21st KAO 

 
 
1. The Trainee Round (all eligible applicants to be admitted)
 
Registration Dates : Apr. 26(Mon)~ June 10(Thu), 2021 
 
Host : Korean Astronomical Society
 
Sponsors : Ministry of Science and ICT,  
                  Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science & Creativity,
                  Korea Lottery Commission,
                  Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute
 
Categories & Participant Eligibility   
 
   [1] School Category
  • Middle School : students enrolled in the 2nd and 3rd grade of middle schools in Korea,

                                 and who were born before Dec. 31, 2007

  • High School : students enrolled in the 1st or 2nd grade of senior high schools in Korea

                      - General High school : including the autonomous private high schools

                     - Science High school : including the high schools for the science-gifted

 
 [2] Personal Background Category
 

         Regular Application :  students who are not eligible for the Special Application.

         Special Application :  students whose personal background belong to the groups that need  

                          improvement in social integration such as

                          low-income or welfare families, rural area residents engaged in agriculture and      

                      fishery, persons with disabilities, North Korean refugees and multi-ethnic families,

                         etc. who have an interest in and aptitude for astronomy. 

                          (* supporting documents needed)
          Gender bias improvement application  (for the 1st round)     
             The majority gender at the 1st round application can not take up more than 75% in the
          1st selection list. However, the exception is allowed if the total number of the minority
           gender does not exceed 25% of the 1st round selection list.
 
Documents to be submitted :
     - online application (additionally applicants can opt for providing the name of their school teacher /advisor in their application, in which case the teacher will be given access to the online education material enlisted at the website of KAO)
     - Permission to collect and use the personal information of the applicant
       (by mail only with the signature of a legal guardian for those under the age of 14, whereas
        by online for those aged 14 or over)
    
Procedure : (everyone)  Complete the online application form at the website of KAO
                   (applicants for special application or under the age of 14) send all required or supporting                                      documents by mail
 
Results (informed via email in June, 2021): 174 students (53 from middle schools,  56 from general high schools and 65 from science high schools) all of whom have completed the online application form for the round are admitted without any evaluation procedures.


2. The 1st Round (based on homework assignments and online exams)
 
Date/Time (online exam) 
      : Sep. 25(Sat), 2021 / 13:00~17:30
 
Format  : online (virtual) event
 
Applicant Eligibility for the first round 
The applicant
    - was admitted to the trainee round.
    - has participated in the online video lectures given on the website of the Korea Astronomy Olympiad
    - has completed at least one of homework assignments given over the period of Jul. 31 through Sep. 10, 2021.

Format of the online exam
   - Two exams, theory exam and data analysis - observation exam are given consecutively with a 20-minute break in-between. Each exam has four multi-step questions to be solved within 90 minutes. After each exam is over, contestants scan their solution papers using a mobile phone camera and submit it by email. The exam questions file protected with a password was uploaded to the chat panel of each ZOOM room prior to the exam and its password was announced when the exam started. 
   - Contestants were proctored via a zoom session through a webcam of their computer as well as a second zoom session running on their mobile phone. 
 
Results (announced in October 12,  2021): 66 students (18 from middle schools and 48 from high schools) selected 
 

¡Ø The students selected at the 1st round will be trained via a Saturday observational class to be held in the Songam Space Center as well as homework assignments from October through December, 2021. Also online (zoom) classes will be given at the dates to be announced later, as well as a winter training camp to be held in Jan. 17- 26, 2022 where they have online lectures, labs and remote night sky observing sessions.




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