Second Stage of the Programming in Scratch Contest Began

The second stage of the Programming in Scratch contest started on March 25.

This year, 481 school studentsfrom all regions of Belarus sent their projects to compete in the contest–1.6 times as high as last year.

 Students' projects by categories:

Young Scratcher	100
World of Animation	100
Computer Game	205
Educational Project in Scratch	76

The largest number of Scratchers have been trained in the Vitebsk Region:

Vitebsk Region	158
Minsk (City)	119
Grodno Region	93
Gomel Region	40
Mogilev Region	29
Minsk Region	23
Brest Region	19

The projects by cities:

Minsk	119
Orsha	43
Vitebsk	39
Gomel	29
Lida	26
Grodno	22
Novopolotsk	19
Baran	17

The most active educational institutionsare as follows:

Vitebsk Secondary School No.45	21
LidaSecondary School No.17	17
MinskSecondary School No.40	17
Gomel State Regional Palace for Children and Youth Creativity	13
BaranSecondary School No.15	10
OrshaSecondary School No.21	10

During the second stage of the contest, the judges are to review all the projects and select 8 finalists in each category.

The list of finalists will be published on April 3.

The finals, including open presentation of projects will be held in Orsha on April 8.

The winners will be awarded diplomas and prizes.

The Hi-Tech Park thanks all the students, their teachers and parents, and wishes patience and good luck!

For reference: 
The contest is initiated to encourage school students' interest in studying information technologies, teach them to think creatively and systematically and inspire to get ICT professions. 
The contest is organized by the Hi-Tech Park, the Education Department of the Vitebsk Region Executive Committee, and the Department of Education, Sport and Tourism of the Orsha District Executive Committee.
Scratch is a visual programming language used to teach school children to code computer programs. Scratch is currently free and available to everyone.