OBJECTIVE:
The contest is designed to:
1. Promote awareness and understanding of the ECCB and its
affiliates, and the history and features of the EC dollar.
ELIGIBILITY:
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Participants must be enrolled
in a public or private secondary or tertiary school in
the ECCU. |
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Participants must be in forms 1 to 3 or
grades 7 to 9. |
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Each school participating can enter only
one team in the contest. The team must consist of three
persons. |
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Each participating school must submit
an entry form to the Ministry of Education by 7 October
2005. |
CONTEST ORGANISATION AND CONTENT:
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There will be three rounds
of 15 questions each and focusing on the following areas: |
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The ECCB – history,
organizational structure, functions and affiliate institutions |
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EC Dollar History |
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Know Your Notes |
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In the event that there are
more than five (5) teams for the competition there will
be an elimination prior to the finals. |
RULES:
1. Questions will be posed to teams individually
2. The questions will be read twice. For a bonus the question
will be read again once.
3. Each team will be given 20 seconds to respond to a question,
in the event of a bonus the team answering will be given 10
seconds.
4. A team may discuss the answer to a question within the
time frame allotted to answer that question.
5. The answer must come through a designated team captain.
6. In the event that team answers the question incorrectly,
the question will be passed to successive teams for a bonus.
7. A correct response will be worth 10 points. In the event
of a bonus the correct response will be worth 5 points.
8. No points will be deducted for an incorrect response.
If there is an elimination round these rules will also be
applied.
AWARD:
The winning school in each country will receive $1000.
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