Rules and Eligibility

  1. School Registration

    1. Schools must be registered online, by their career counsellor, who will be the Craydel Cup coordinator for the school
    2. You cannot register a school after the registration deadline (19th May 2023)

  2. Team Sign Ups

    1. All participants must be a current student at a registered high school to sign up
    2. All teams must be signed up by their school Craydel Cup coordinator
    3. All teams should have a minimum of 2, and a maximum of 4 members
    4. All students in the team should belong to one school
    5. At the time of registration, all students should be in Year 11, Year 12 and 13 for the British System, Form 3 and 4 in the KCSE system, MYP 5, IBDP 1 and 2 in the International Bachelorette or any equivalent in other curriculums on track to graduate latest by June 2025
    6. A participant can only be in one team
    7. A school can sign up as many teams, as long as rule 2(f) is followed
    8. Schools cannot sign up a team or edit the team members after the team sign up deadline (30th June 2023)

  3. Submissions

    1. The submission must be recorded and written entirely by the students within the team
    2. The team members can consult the school Craydel Cup coordinator, other subject matter experts and online resources, but if the judging panel has a reasonable suspicion that the submission was not recorded and written entirely by the students, the team may be disqualified
    3. All teams must submit both the video and write up to qualify
      1. The video cannot be longer than 3 minutes
      2. The write up cannot be longer than 1500 words
    4. All submissions should be made in English
    5. A team can only make one submission
    6. Submissions can not be made or edited after the submission deadline (31st July 2023)

  4. Judging

    1. All submissions will be judged out of 100 marks, using the criteria publicly shared, during the month of August
    2. The judges' scores are final and cannot be contested

  5. Voting

    1. The top 50 teams will be eligible for the public voting round, and have the chance to win the public choice award
    2. Members of the public, which includes participants, can only vote once for the team of their choice
    3. Voting will close on the 31st of September

  6. Deadlines

    1. All deadlines are final, and must be followed

  7. Scholarships

    1. In order to qualify for the scholarship, students must meet the minimum entry requirements as published by the institution from time to time, successfully obtain a study visa and begin their studies in 2024 or 2025
    2. Students who receive a scholarship but fail to comply with the institution’s rules and regulations including achieving the minimum grades while studying at the institution may have their scholarship revoked, at the discretion of the institution.

  8. General

    1. No racist, sexist, anti-Semitic and any other kind of discriminatory comments can be made based on religion, culture or origin

Failure to comply to any of the above, result in grounds for disqualification

By submitting an entry you agree to accept these rules in full.

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