Certiport today announced the launch of the Certiport 2008 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office and the IC(3) World Cup(TM). Entering its sixth year, the Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office boasts more than 115,000 students from over 70 countries who have vied for the title of World Champion in Microsoft Word or Excel(R). The IC(3) World Cup will benefit from its second year as an international competition where successful teams from more than 20 countries will validate digital literacy in numbers.
SALT LAKE CITY (Business Wire EON) November 7, 2007 --
Certiport today announced the launch of the Certiport 2008 Worldwide
Competition on Microsoft Office and the IC³
World Cup™. Entering its sixth year, the
Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office boasts more than 115,000
students from over 70 countries who have vied for the title of World
Champion in Microsoft Word or Excel®.
The IC³ World Cup will benefit from its
second year as an international competition where successful teams from
more than 20 countries will validate digital literacy in numbers.
Participants in both competitions will spend more than an estimated 1.5
million hours preparing for and participating in the competitions.
The Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office tests an individual’s
desktop productivity skills on Microsoft Office Word 2003 and Excel®
2003. Current students enrolled in an approved, degree-seeking academic
institution are eligible to compete. Participating countries will host
local competitions to determine Country Champions who then advance to
compete against other select finalists in a championship round to be
staged this summer in the United States.
The World Champions of Word and Excel®
will receive a grand-prize package of technological tools valued at
$4,500 USD.
The IC³ World Cup is a team-based competition
in which any school, business or community organization is eligible to
participate. Team members can earn points for their respective teams as
they individually prepare for and achieve the Certiport IC³
certification for digital literacy. Each team can register an unlimited
number of teammates as long as all the point-generating activity occurs
at a single testing center.
Members of the winning team for the IC³ World
Cup will divide up to $10,000 in prizes, which includes an
all-expense-paid trip this summer to Certiport PATHWAYS™
2008 for the team coach.
Visit www.certiport.com/ic3cup
to learn rules and restrictions for participating in this year’s
IC³ World Cup. Additionally, learn rules for
eligibility in the Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office at www.officecompetition.com.
ABOUT CERTIPORT
Certiport prepares individuals with current and relevant digital skills
and credentials for the competitive global workforce. These solutions
are delivered by more than 12,000 Certiport Centers worldwide and
include Certiport Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³®),
the official Microsoft® Office certification
programs and the Adobe® Certified Associate
certification program. For more information, visit www.certiport.com.
"Certiport" and "IC³" are
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countries. "Microsoft" is either a registered trademark or trademark of
Microsoft Corp. in the United States and other countries. The names of
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their respective owners.
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