The Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (Oro Chamber) is enjoining all universities and colleges from all parts of Mindanao to join the 2nd Mindanao Tertiary Schools ICT Quiz Show on July 14, 2007, 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. at the Event Center of SM City.

Heidi Grace P. Mendoza, secretary general of the Oro Chamber disclosed that the IT quiz tournament aims to challenge and highlight the knowledge and skills of Mindanao IT students by providing an avenue for them to engage in a friendly competition.

Mendoza said that with the ICT quiz tournament, the Oro Chamber hopes to motivate IT students to build fulfilling careers in the ICT industry and at the same time, promote Mindanao as a rich human resource pool of technologically-adept high-skilled graduates.

Prizes at stake for the champion team are as follows: Php 5,000 for each student member of the team plus employment offer in StickyMedia Solutions, Inc., one unit computer set plus trophy for the school and a plaque for the coach.

For the 1st runner-up, team members get Php 3,000 and plaque each, one unit scanner and trophy for the school and plaque for the coach while the 2nd runner-up gets Php 2,000 and plaque for each member of the team, one unit printer and trophy for the school and plaque for the coach.
Topics for the quiz show include systems analysis and design, DBMS, ICT trends/technology, networking, hardware, data communication, data structures, operating systems, programming languages, standards, regulations and policies.

Each competing team will be composed of three students and each school is only entitled to one representation in the ICT quiz tournament.

The ICT Quiz Show is also jointly initiated by StickyMedia Solutions, Inc., STI College-Cagayan de Oro and SM City-Cagayan de Oro.

For further details, please visit the Oro Chamber located at the 2nd Floor of Paras Bldg. Corrales Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City or call telephone numbers (088) 856-3764. (City Information Office)