STEAM AHEAD - International Junior Art Olympiad (IJAO)

STEAM AHEAD - International Junior Art Olympiad (IJAO)

The event is organized by the Singapore International Children’s Media (SICM) under the auspices of the International Ministry of Youth Leadership (SINGAPORE), co-organised by the Federation of Arts Society Singapore (FASS) and the Youth Century International Arts Education Centre (YCAC), and international youth art competition that will bring together more than 100 international institutions and 200 leading artists from over 40 countries around the world. SIMCC and Scholastic Trust Singapore Foundation are Co-organizers to include IJAO into STEAM AHEAD Global Finals Academic Competitions.

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education has been growing rapidly in the last decade. You’ve probably heard of the acronym STEM. STEM was introduced in 2001 as a way to refer to careers and/ or curriculum centered around Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) -the most rapidly growing industries in the Global economy. Then as many companies continued to ramp up technological innovation, in order to remain competitive across the globe, the movement around integrating STEM into educational frameworks began to gain a lot of traction.

Mode of competition: IJAO Submission online.

Competition Date: IJAO is online, Award Ceremony on 16 Dec 2026

Eligible for Grades: Primary 1 to Junior College 2

Entry Requirements: Bronze and above from SIAT 2025

Awards: Medal and Certificate - Individual - Top 10% Gold, 15% Silver, 25% Bronze, and 20% Hon Mention.  Overall Champion from each of 3 Divisions $500, Runner-Up $300, 2nd Runner-up $100 from the Singapore International Cultural

Federation.     

COMPETITION ENTRY TOPIC

Theme: "My Hometown's Intangible Cultural Heritage"

 All entries must be original, unpublished and must not infringe on any copyright orintellectual property rights of others.Entries should demonstrate racial harmony, love, mutual development, world peace,highlight the culture and national characteristics of each country and demonstrate thepositive spirit of the country's youth.

COMPETITION CATEGORIES:

Submission of independently created artworksby student.

Children :Grade 1 to 4

Teenagers: Grade 5 to 8Youth:Grade 9and 12

Each award-winning participant may enter oneor more competition categories and up tothree works per category.

Requirements for Entry Submission

1. File Size & Format: Accepted dimensions: 40cm x 50cm

2. Accepted formats: JPG, JPEG, PNG. File size must not exceed 5MB. Minimum resolution:

300 DPI (at least 1024 x 768 pixels).

3. Video submissions: MP4 or MOV, max file size 500MB.

4. Application Materials: A short description of the artwork (maximum 200 words) inChinese or English. A 3-minute video introduction about yourself and your creativeprocess.

If selected, participants must submit the original artwork along with a valid mailing address.

The organizing committee will provide further instructions.