Jakarta, August 18th, 2019 — A total of 110 high-achieving students consisting of 66 high school students and 44 junior high schools were selected based on the average school rank in the National Exams competing for the 2019 Ruangguru Champion. This national level of Quiz Competition was held by Ruangguru, the biggest online tutoring service in Indonesia to give appreciation to students and outstanding schools in Indonesia.
“We believe that Indonesia has a nation of children who have achievements, especially in education. Through the Ruangguru Champion event, we hope to bring up new student leaders who can be inspirational for all students in Indonesia,” Said Iman Usman, co-founder of Ruangguru.
Two rounds of competition were held, the first round was the Regional Final which was held on August 18th, 2019 at Podomoro University, Jakarta. In this round, the competition will use the knockout system and will produce champions from 20 high school equivalent students and 20 junior high school equivalent students. In this round, the high school level will only compete for 1 winner, while each round in the junior high level will compete for 2 winners. All winners will get a ticket to the National Final in Jakarta and get a prize of Rp. 2,500,000.
The second round is the National Final, which will be broadcasted on GTV television stations from August to October 2019. In this round, the finalists will compete for a grand prize of 100 million rupiahs for each level of junior high school and high school. In addition, in the National Final series, the audience can support their favorite finalists through the Ruangguru application. The winner of the most favorite participant will get a prize in the form of an art performance or a school event that will be funded by Ruangguru.
The competition materials that were tested for the Junior High School category consisted of Mathematics, Natural science, social sciences, Bahasa Indonesia, English, and General Knowledge starting from the 6th grade up to the 9th grade. As for the High School category, the material consists of Mathematics, Natural Science, Social Science, Bahasa Indonesia, and English from 9th grade to 11th grade. Each participant in the Regional Final round will be given a voucher for ruangbelajar where they can access animated learning videos and practice questions available in the Ruangguru application so that they can prepare themselves for the competition, participants can also experience the new features available in the application such as the Smart Recommendation feature that can provide Ruangguru Adventure study material recommendations, which makes the learning experience feel like a game and the Social Learning feature, which allows each user to interact and discuss school lessons with other users.
For more information about the product, download the Ruangguru app on the Google Play Store and the App Store.
