Kalam Day
Higher Education Fund
Cochin Olympiad
Dare Program
Excellence Training Program
Alpha Academy
Talent Test
Each One Care One


Project to spot talents and provide avenues of integral growth effecting emergence of Excellence

The spiralling competitions in the swift moving world present to our youth challenges that often seem too tough to cope with. In this highly competitive scenario, only the industrious and enterprising stand a fair chance of success. It is against this backdrop that a team of committed educationists has come out in grit to carry the cream of the top notch teens of the Diocese of Cochin for a voyage across. Any attempt in the process is worth reckoning. Awakened by the synergizing support offered by the well-wishers, the Diocese with His Excellency the Bishop as its Patron, launches Cochin Olympiad a time-bound programme, that aims at shaping and sprucing our gifted students to be top achievers. The project will focus on imparting an integral formation wielding accent on the development of human resources with a view to equipping our budding talents to be a force in the nation building process.

The Educational Ministry of the Diocese will mastermind the training programme and invites parents and well-wishers to lend their unstinted support to adorn the prospective winners of the highly prestigious Olympiad with strong willed 'wings of fire' for an unrelenting flight.

More on Olympiad

One of the most prestigious national/international tests, Olympiad, selects scholars for higher education with substantial sponsorship. The selection is based on the merits of the candidates in Mathematics and Science subjects. Cochin Olympiad would select students from the three streams: General, Mathematics and Science and tutor them with intensive training by experts of national and international standing.

Applicants

Students belonging to the Diocese of Cochin, studying in VII std of the academic year 2012-2013 of ICSE,CBSE and STATE syllabus are the applicants.

Selection Procedure

Five levels of screening coupled with a year-long training will finalise the stars of the Cochin Olympiad:

Preliminary Examination: from the syllabus of VII std of ICSE,CBSE and STATE. The topics covered are Mathematics, Science and Social Sciences (Scholastic Aptitude Test) and English, General Knowledge, Reasoning (Mental Ability Test).

Orientation Programme: shortlisted students from the preliminary examination will be guided through an orientation programme package.

Main Examination: After the orientation programme the selected students will have to appear for the subject-wise Main Examination.

Outstation camp: The students will be taken for an outstation camp which will be the penultimate procedure in the selection.

Training Programme: Shortlisted students will attend a year-long orientation programme from which a few students will be selected for the scholarships and follow up programmes based on their performance.

Follow up programmes
Scholarship for subsequent years provided students score the stipulated marks in the examinations
Guidance to appear for the competitive examinations at the state, national and international levels
Possibility to interact with national and international luminaries
Brain-Storming sessions and camps
Exposure programmes, workshops and seminars organized in different parts of the country etc…
They Guide
Patron
His Exc. Rt Rev. Dr. Joseph Kariyil B.A, S.T.D
(Bishop of Cochin)
General Co-Ordinator Rev Fr. Joppy Koottumkal B.D. STL
Co-ordinators
Rev Fr Johnson Chirammel
Rev Fr. Antony Kuzhiveli
Secretary Dr Edward Edezhath M.A,PhD
Joint-secretary Adv Rosher Nellikal M.A, L.L.B
Maths Olympiad
Dr A Vijayakumar M.Sc., PhD
Prof Edwin Tomson M.Sc., M.Phil.,
Prof Justin John M.Sc.(Maths), M.Sc.(Statistics),M.Phil
Prof Joseph Justin Rebello M.Sc., M.Phil
Prof Bernard K.A, M.Sc.
Rev Sr Lissy Chalaveetil M.A, M.Phil.,
Science Olympiad
Prof K V Peter PhD, FNASS, FNASc., FNABS, FHSI
Dr P R Venkataraman M.Sc., PhD
Dr George Joseph (Vakkachan) B.Sc.,M.B.B.S
Dr Jude Martin Mendez M.Sc., PhD
Dr Martin Kochery PhD, ARS
Prof. Robert Stanly M.Sc.
Prof Benny K.J M.Sc., M.Phil
Mrs Smita Aloysius M.Sc., M.Phil, B.Ed.
General Olympiad
Dr Christy L Fernandez IAS
Dr Martin Patrick M.A, M Phil, PhD
Dr C D Sebastian M.A, PGDTE, PhD
Rev Dr Gasper Kadaviparambil B.Th, M.A, M.C.J, M.Phil, PhD
Mr Joseph John C., B.Sc.
Legal Advice Adv K L Joseph B.Sc., L.L.B
Counseling Guide Dr A I George M.A, PhD