Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebrskool Germiston Grade 12 pupil James Selby has done his school proud.<\/p>\n
The youngster recently competed in the finals of the Applications Olympiad, held in Cape Town.<\/p>
James performed exceptionally well winning himself a silver medal.<\/p>\n
The Applications Olympiad challenges participants to use common computer applications such as word processors, spreadsheets and databases to solve a set of problems.<\/p>
Of the 10 983 who entered the Olympiad, 10 reached the final round which was held at Bergvliet High in Cape Town during the winter school holidays.<\/p>\n
These pupils represented five provinces:<\/p>\n
The final round included two one-hour tests and a four-hour project on the theme of the Summer Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
The project required them to prepare an A3 info poster which the Olympic committee can use in schools to promote the Olympics.<\/p>\n
During the project they also had to teach themselves a new skill that is not in the school curriculum.<\/p>\n
For this they were given an eight-page document headed \u201cHow to create a pivot table and manipulate it\u201d.<\/p>\n
The winner of the gold medal was Tauhir Ahmed from Islamia College in Cape Town.<\/p>\n
Besides winning the gold medal, he will compete in the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championships in Florida, in the USA, early in August sponsored by NetLEARN.<\/p>\n
Tauhir takes both IT and CAT at his school.<\/p>\n
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