2024 MS International Ethics Olympiad Final

2024 International Middle School 

Ethics Olympiad Final 

19th February 2025

 

Invited teams can register at the bottom of this page.

This page has been set up for qualifying schools that have participated in the 2024 Middle School Ethics Olympiads   Top schools from each regional Ethics Olympiad are invited to represent their school, region, and country.  Schools that qualify can reconstitute their teams if necessary, but ideally, the same team that qualified will participate. Please note this event will be run online, and we are using the same cases as in regional events, but the questions asked of students will be different. 

The structure differs from the regionals in that the start times depend on where you are in the world.

DATE: Wednesday 19th February  2025

Start times:
-6 am – India
-8.30 am – Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Western Australia
-10.00 am – South Australia & Northern Territory
-10.30 am – NSW, ACT, Victoria, Tasmania & Queensland
-12.30 pm – New Zealand
-3.30 pm -Vancouver (18/2)
-6.30 pm New York & Toronto (18/2)

There are three heats over the four and three-quarter-hour program with breaks.

Finish times:
-10.45 am – India
-1.15 pm – Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Western Australia
-2.45 pm – SA & NT
-3.15 pm – NSW, ACT, Victoria, Tasmania & Queensland
-5.15 pm – New Zealand
-8.15 pm -Vancouver
-11.15 pm New York & Toronto

During the event, all students are involved in a series of three Ethics Olympiad heats where they will be scored according to criteria that rewards, clear, concise, respectful discourse around interesting ethical cases. Coaches will be notified of the results later and Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be posted to successful schools. Below is a list of qualifying schools.               

 

Program

– Welcome & Preparation – 20 minutes – Main Zoom Foyer
– Heat One – 1 ¼ hours Breakout Rooms
– Break – 15 minutes
– Heat Two – 1 ¼ hours Breakout Rooms
– Break – 15 minutes
Announcements 5 minutes
– Heat Three – 1 ¼ hours Breakout Rooms 
– Farewells and Thankyous – 5 minutes

Gold,  Silver and Bronze medals will be sent to the three top schools.

Cases – These cases are the same cases as were used in recent regional events.

  Here is a link to the cases 

Spectators are welcome but they will need to register here; CLICK HERE

If you have any questions/queries about this event, please address these to…

admin@ethicsolympiad.org 

Eligible schools can enter by filling in their details below and pressing “Submit”.

We will confirm your registration within 48 hours. 

(Please choose one of these options) Note up to two teachers will be included in this registration.
Please provide a name & contact details for other colleagues attending from your school.

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