GCI (Google Code-In) is annual contest sponsored by Google, which directed for students of middle and secondary schools. Students have to be between 13 and 17 years old, they also have to upload parental consent and document, which proofs their attendance to pre-university institution. Main goal of contest is to propagate open-source idea between young people and give them possibility to solve tasks for partnering organizations.
There 5 kinds of tasks:
a) Code
b) Documentation/Training
c) Outreach/research
d) Quality assurance
e) User interface
For solving tasks students can get many prizes. Grand Prize is founded by Google four-day trip to San Francisco and Google headquaters.
Contest is hosted on Melange system. Its website is: Melange System
FOSSASIA is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) event for developers, officials and users in South-East Asia. Its main goal is fostering FOSS projects in Asia. This year FOSSASIA is one of mentoring organizations during Google Code-In.
There's number of tasks with a wide variety outthere. Feel free to claim and work on!
Remember : It is important that you do many tasks. But doing most tasks is not enough to be a winner. Out of the top ten students the finalists are picked on the quality of work. So in addition to finishing tasks quickly pay attention to submit the best work you can. Help each others out. Engage in conversations. Make friends!. Enjoy!!
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