20 Groups advance to Finals of NTRC’s i2 Competition.
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC), has recently held three preliminary judging events for its third annual Ideas and Innovation Competition (i2 Competition.). The Preliminary Judging events were held on November 16, 2015 for Secondary School participants on mainland St. Vincent; on November 18, 2015 at Union Island for Secondary school participants there; and on November 23, 2015 for the Tertiary Institutions.
At the preliminary events, students were given eight (8) minutes to make a presentation of their Idea or mobile application. This presentation was followed by a round of questions from a panel of five (5) judges. The criteria used for judging the Ideas are as follows: Presentation, Impact, Innovation and how well they answered the judges’ questions. The criteria for the mobile application are: Presentation, Impact, Content, Design and how well they answered the Judges’ questions.
Feedback received from attendees at the preliminaries suggest that they were impressed by the presentations of the secondary level participants as it was evident that they conducted thorough research on their project. Additionally, they displayed confidence in responding to challenging questions that were put forward by the judges.