Olympiads are approaching closer and as a parent you want your child to perform good in Olympiads, but at the same time you know putting too much emphasis on just studies will take away your child’s interest from its preparation. “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy”, as the phrase goes, there should be a balance between studies and play.
For preparing for Olympiads, children should first enjoy what they are learning. They should be involved in studies with visual, audio and kinesthetic (VAK) activities to activate their skills like observation, identification, classification, comparing, analyzing, interpreting, etc. You can involve your child with VAK designed workbooks and worksheets to bring more of their participation. When the preparation for Olympiads become less boring and stress-free, next step is to make your child familiar with the Olympiad exam pattern and exam day anxiety. Now your child should take test to check her/his test-taking skills. And what better platform one can get other than OSDS-Olympiad Skill Development Programme. This online system helps you to check your preparation with exam-similar questions framed perfectly by MTG Editorial board. MTG is the exam-partner of SOF. So, OSDS is an AUTHENTIC SYSTEM which gives your child an opportunity to simulate exam environment and thereby take away exam fear from your child.
Let us learn what is OSDS, its benefits, availability and usability.
What is OSDS?
OSDS is a Scientifically Designed System to improve the Olympiad skills in the students. It stands for Olympiad Skill Development System. It is designed to simulate the real-time exam experience for students. OSDS is designed by MTG Experts those who are also the core team members of the body which frames questions for the actual SOF Olympiad exam papers.
What are the features of OSDS?
OSDS is a downloadable test series in PDF format. The key features of OSDS include the following:
- It consists of 8 Practice Test Papers, similar to the actual Olympiad Papers
- It includes OMR answer sheet for each paper, similar to the actual OMR answer sheets provided in the examination hall.
- Questions are based on latest exam pattern.
- Simulates the user interface of actual exam.
- All tests will be followed up with detailed solutions and explanations.
- All test will be provided in a specific sequence, e., the series will begin with the release of Practice Test Paper 1 and OMR answer sheet 1. On every eighth day, new content will be made available i.e, New Practice Test Paper, OMR sheet and Solutions of the previous Test Paper. Solutions to the last test paper, i.e.,Practice Test Paper 8 will be available on the eighth day following Practice Test Paper 8.
How is OSDS beneficial for Olympiad Exam Preparation?
In school exams, students are only tested for the knowledge that they acquired and memorized. SOF Olympiads cater the child’s curiosity to explore, discover and hence know concepts by herself/himself by her/his own. SOF Olympiads test the conceptual understanding of young learners for which knowing is not enough, one must create, compare, identify, analyze, observe, evaluate and hence apply what they know. This way SOF Olympiads help in developing such beneficial skills in learners which sketch their young minds and draw their personality beautifully into an inspiring stature.
So, as parents you should first get your child enrolled for these Olympiads (which you have done, congratulations!!!) and then make right choices in helping your child to achieve success in Olympiads. OSDS is the PERFECT GIFT for your child, with its remarkable features as mentioned above, it will allow your child to not only practice in the simulated environment but also give challenges which will force them to think beyond books, and practice to integrate concepts to come to a solution.
OSDS test papers follow the actual level and pattern of the SOF Olympiad exams and hence it gives the student both a feel and practice of the real question paper which is very useful. Following are some key benefits of OSDS:
- It will give you a realistic environment of giving the actual exam.
- It will help to develop skills and learn multiple concepts needed to be applied to come to a solution.
- It is the best tool to improve test-taking skills as students gets the chance to practice on OMR sheet.
- It is easily accessible from anywhere anytime,i.e., Flexibility in terms of timings and locations.
Availability of OSDS
OSDS is available only for classes 1 to 8 and for the following SOF Olympiad exams:
How to get OSDS?
OSDS is a digital product, available on MTG official website only. After successful purchase, you will receive an “OSDS activation/welcome mail” from “OSDS team”. This mail will have login details (username and password) and other necessary information to access and use the OSDS Membership region. For any exceptional case you may contact MTG helpdesk on 08800255335.
At the end, we will like to say Olympiads are not difficult, they are just different and the questions are based on the understanding of concepts, which is not too much to ask for. Learning without understanding is just acquiring knowledge which will live short-term, and for long-term benefits, SOF Olympiads are a great platform to realize your potential and polish your skills.
ALL THE BEST!
