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Updated: 13/Feb/12 | The International Philosophy Olympiad (since 1993) for high school students, aims to bring about an appreciation for the subject and to foster critical thinking among the youth. It is organized by the FISP (an umbrella organization for all philosophical societies around the world) and there is an ever-increasing group of philosophy teachers from various high-schools across almost 30 countries, which assists the FISP in organizing the IPO. India participated in 2008 (Romania), 2009 (Finland), 2010 (Greece) & 2011 (Austria) with a team selected from high schools around Mumbai. More information on the organization of the International Olympiad can be found at the official site. Details about the nature of the competition are available on the IPO page. The Indian Olympiad ProgramWe organize the Indian selection and mentoring program through our institution - Abhinav Vidyalay & Jr. College, Dombivli. This is a private, unaided school and thus does not have any funding for the program. It takes care of the costs incurred for making and distributing resources (mostly web-based), running the exams, awarding students, training & mentoring students and the back-office processing required for participating in the IPO. The travel & accommodation costs of each - the participant and the teacher - are to be borne by the individual. The costs of participation and stay during the event at the IPO venue is taken care of by the host institution/country. The work done at all levels by the organizers is voluntary and no charges/fees are levied from the student. The selection and training process is described in the further pages. Please see the links in the sidebar. (left) |
