GENERAL INFORMATION
Details about the India Selection test In any year
The National selections For IPO participation is usually announced in October November
A form of interest will be posted for each Year on this blog site By October 2nd-10th.
The EXACT test dates are fixed in February-March based on Board exam dates and maximum student participation.
As much as the organisers would love to hear about your interest, email will be shared after you register for expression of interest,the first batch of mails will be send in the first week of November.
No replies to individual comments on the blog as of now.
Only students registered as students in a school or not yet registered into a college/ University can apply for the test.
The IPO selection will be based on two levels
1. A philosophy and writing test to be held on a date specified online, mostly on a Saturday or a Sunday. The date will be finalized in late December. We may hold two test dates to suit students from different board exams. As of now a good knowledge of English is a prerequisite.
2. This will be an online proctored exam that will require you to write the test in pen and paper in front of a video camera for one hour, scan/ photograph, and send the scanned test to the email of the evaluation committee members. The test is open-book, so you will be able to refer to materials and cite them in your essay that you cannot copy.
3. After this test is cleared, the final list of candidates four-five finalists will be ranked. They will be interviewed by a panel of Philosophy professors and others. If sponsors are found for travel the first two rank candidates will automatically be eligible to travel.
In case of no available sponsorships, candidates among the top five can travel to the IPO depending on the possibility of travel and affordance. the candidates have to self sponsor their trip, which may result in them participating. or not participating.
An institution may sponsor one teacher to travel with the selected candidate as a co-delegate on request.
The candidates and co-delegates are responsible for all travel and visa arrangements, the IPO selection committee members work as a voluntary facilitators probono.
4. We will try and get sponsorships but they may not cover the whole cost, details of costs and other discussions will take place if a candidate has cleared the test and the interview.
5. The test will consist of a general section and an essay section. The general section structure may change but the essay is mandatory. This is a question of national pride and integrity so candidates are strictly advised not to plagiarize or employ unethical practices in the exam ( like using AI)
Any form of solicitation and requests for overriding the test results for IPO selection will result in instant disqualification of the candidate. The decision of the IPO selection Committee is binding.
Schools and other institutions may hold their own qualifying contests to select a maximum of 4 candidates from their institution, They are free to sponsor the candidate’s travels if the student is selected.
For more details about IPO and the main competetion refer to their website:
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