Microsoft for Startupsand Be Future Ready Foundation
An online STEM and reasoning Olympiad for students in Classes 1–12. We care less about what a child has memorised, and more about what they can work out.
First school partnerPrasad Techno School, RayagadaPhoto: Shri Ramswaroop Memorial Public School, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Illustrative, not our participants.
Answers are cheap now. Knowing how to reach one is not.
A computer can explain almost anything. What it can't do for a child is sit with an unfamiliar problem and not give up. We built this Olympiad to give that skill somewhere to show.
Remembering an answer
- Recalling information you were taught.
- Repeating a method you already know.
- Spotting a pattern you have seen before.
Working one out
- Questioning what the problem assumes.
- Joining ideas that were never introduced together.
- Trying a route, failing, trying another.
- Explaining why the answer holds.
Both matter. School builds the first. This Olympiad is for the second.
Every classroom has a child who thinks differently.
Photo: Nayakyashraj, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Four ways of looking at a problem.
Mathematical reasoning
See the pattern, understand the relationship, find the way forward.
3, 7, 15, 31, ?Scientific thinking
Observe, question, test, and work out why things happen.
Why does ice float?Logical problem-solving
Break a big problem into small ones. Notice the connection others miss.
If A then B. Not B.Computational thinking
Think in steps, find the repeating part, design a solution.
repeat 4: move, turnOne framework, four lenses. A single question often needs more than one.
One platform, three levels of thinking.
A Class 2 child and a Class 11 student should not meet the same paper. Each group gets its own.
Noticing and comparing
Sorting, spotting, and playing with ideas.
1–4Reasoning in chains
Building an argument one step at a time, then testing it.
5–8Unfamiliar problems
Questions that reward depth over recall.
9–12- Age-appropriate questions
- Conceptual understanding
- Gradual growth in reasoning
Show how you think.
Discover
Find the Olympiad for your class and look at the four subject areas.
Participate
Take part online and solve problems designed to test understanding, not recall.
Learn and stand out
See how you did and where you can grow next.
Exam duration, number of questions, scoring, certificates, result dates and stages: to be confirmed
The people standing behind this.
Part of Microsoft for Startups
Be Future Ready Foundation is a member of the Microsoft for Startups programme.
Prasad Techno School
Our first school partnership begins in Rayagada, Odisha, India.
Give curiosity a place to go.
- More chances to solve problems a child has not seen before.
- Exposure to mathematical and scientific thinking.
- Recognition that goes beyond marks.
- Challenges set for your child's age.
- A clearer view of strengths and what to work on.
This is meant to sit alongside school, not replace it.
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Bring a different kind of challenge to your school.
An extra platform where students can show reasoning, problem-solving and STEM understanding, on top of everything your school already does.
Things people ask.
Your next big idea might start with one question.
Bring your curiosity. Push on what you think you know.