For schools
Can an individual student register directly?
Registration is through the school, because roll numbers, question papers and OMR sheets
are dispatched to the school and the exam is invigilated there. If your school has not
participated before, ask your coordinator or principal to contact us — we send a
registration link the same day.
How much work is it for the coordinator?
One spreadsheet. The coordinator opens the registration link, fills in the school details
and uploads the class list they already keep. Roll numbers are generated automatically.
Errors and duplicate students are shown before anything is saved.
How is the fee collected?
The school collects from parents in whatever way it already does, and settles a single
invoice with us. There is no per-student online payment for parents to complete. Part
payments and bank transfers are both supported.
Is the exam online or on paper?
On paper with an OMR sheet, at your own school, on a date within the exam window. That
means no dependency on the school's internet, no devices to arrange, and no risk of an
exam collapsing because a server was busy at 10am.
For students and parents
What do the six ranks mean?
National, state, city, school, class and section. Each is shown out of the number of
students who actually appeared at that level — so "3 of 1,204 in Lucknow" tells you
something real, unlike a bare score out of 50.
Are absent students counted?
No. Ranks are computed only among students who sat the paper. An absentee is not given
zero and does not push anyone else's rank up or down.
What happens if two students score the same?
The tie is broken in a published order: higher score first, then fewer wrong answers,
then less time taken, then date of birth. The rule is fixed before the exam, not decided
afterwards.
Why does my child have no city rank?
Because too few students took part in that city for the rank to mean anything. We would
rather show nothing than print "City rank 1 of 2", which is not an achievement and would
devalue every certificate we issue.
How does certificate verification work?
Every certificate carries an ID such as OLY-2026-00012345 and a QR code. Scanning it
opens a page confirming the student's name, school, olympiad, score and rank. There is no
login and nothing to install. A school admitting the student years later can check it in
seconds.
Can a certificate be faked?
The QR carries a signed code alongside the certificate ID. Guessing a number will not
produce a verified result, and a certificate withdrawn by us shows as revoked rather than
simply disappearing.
Can we choose our own exam date?
Yes. Each olympiad has an exam window rather than a single fixed day. Your school picks a date inside it and tells us when returning the OMR sheets.
Is there a minimum number of students?
No minimum. Bear in mind that city and state ranks are only shown when enough students took part for them to mean something.
Still have a question?
Write to us with your school name and the classes you want to enter.