TINFO Challenges

Yearly competitions for pupils across the network: hackathons, coding marathons, STEM and innovation challenges, mathematics and science contests, and school-versus-school rounds.

First challenge season, 2027

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The season

Competitions in the calendar

Coding marathons

Timed team events where pupils build something working in a day, judged on ingenuity as much as polish.

Hackathons

Longer problem-solving events on real challenges brought by schools, partners and communities.

STEM and innovation

Science, engineering and innovation challenges with a build-and-present final.

Mathematics and science

Written and practical contests at junior and senior level, run in every participating country.

Robotics and reading

Robotics rounds where kit allows, and reading challenges that need nothing but books and time.

School versus school

League rounds between member schools, with a continental final at the annual conference.

Competing

How a school competes

01 Register a team Member schools register teams by category and age group at the start of the season.

02 Preparation Practice materials, past problems and online coaching sessions are provided to every registered team.

03 Local rounds Rounds run online or at host schools, so distance and cost do not decide who takes part.

04 Finals Category finals are held at the annual conference, judged by educators, engineers and partner mentors.

05 Recognition Winners and their schools are recognised in the TINFO Awards, with prizes going to the school as well as the pupil.

Sponsor a challenge

Partners can sponsor a category, provide judges and mentors, or fund travel for teams that would otherwise stay home.

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