As the modern workplace is evolving with technologies, it is essential for everyone at work to acquire digital skills and always keep abreast of the latest Office Applications techniques especially for Word Processing, Spreadsheet & Presentation. Such practical skills are highly important for students, our future workforce, that they are also included in C&A Guide for NSS ICT.
In view of this, AiTLE, Microsoft Hong Kong and Coding101 are launching “The Microsoft Office Specialist Championship HK 2023” to arouse students’ interest and enhance their knowledge and skills for Microsoft Office Applications. AiTLE has been hosting this annual competition in the past 9 years and is glad to partner with Microsoft Hong Kong & Coding101 this year again to further promote digital skills in secondary schools. Winners from the Hong Kong competition will also have chance to be nominated to the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship 2023 to gain international exposure.
Below is the detail of the competition this year:
Competition Categories
Microsoft Office Skill – Word Processing
version 2016
version 2019 & Microsoft 365
Microsoft Office Skill – Spreadsheet
version 2016
version 2019 & Microsoft 365
Microsoft Office Skill – Presentation
version 2016
version 2019 & Microsoft 365
Participants Eligibility
Local secondary school students (each student can only join the contest for 1 competition category)
Competition Workflow and Timetable
The competition has First Round and Final Round
First Round
First Round Competition
Date: 2023-03-18 (SAT)
Time: 09:00-18:00
Venue:
Home / School
(depends on school teachers’ need, schools could hold the First Round competition as a school event, or to allow students to do the test at home)
Format and arrangement:
MC, Fill in the Blanks, T/F and Matching Questions on web-based quiz platform
(Depends on school’s design, invigilation is not necessary)
Number of students for each school to join:
Not limited
Selection Mechanism:
The top 3 students (with the highest scores and mark over threshold) of each category from each school will be nominated to join the Final Round competition
The final number of nominated students for the Final Round competition will depend on the capacity of venue
Final Round
Final Round Competition
Date: 2023-04-22 (SAT)
Time: 09:00-18:00
Venue:
Ying Wa College
Format and arrangement:
Question settings, format, duration and all others will be the same as MOS Certification Exams, with invigilator supervision
Selection Mechanism:
Students with the highest scores (and mark over threshold) of each category will be nominated to join the MOS World Championship 2023 (final numbers to be confirmed depending on the total number of eligible finalists in Hong Kong)
Software Version for Competition
Microsoft Office Skills Stream / MOS Exam Version
Microsoft Office 2016 or Microsoft Office 2019 and Microsoft 365
Language availability: Traditional Chinese, English
Students who joined the Final Round competition and passed the MOS exams will be awarded with the Microsoft recognized MOS Certifications
Student* with the highest scores of each category in the Final Round competition will be nominated by Microsoft Hong Kong to join the MOS World Championship* organized by Certiport (final numbers to be confirmed depending on the total number of eligible finalists in Hong Kong)
Other Awards – to be confirmed and announced by AiTLE
*In view of the participant eligibility of the MOS World Championship, students nominated must not have joined the corresponding category in the MOS World Championship before
