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- No. Entry is free, and there are no hidden fees for certificates, feedback or badges.
- Yes. Individuals are welcome, and so are teams of up to 5. Students aged 9 to 18 in Singapore can enter. Everyone needs their own parent or guardian’s consent.
- Students in Singapore aged 9 to 18. Enter alone or in a team of up to 5. Every entrant needs their own parent or guardian’s consent.
- That’s fine. There is one category and every entry is judged to the same standard, whatever the ages in the team.
- Yes. The top 3 teams win prizes, and three special awards (Ingenuity, Impact and Action) each go to one team. Every participant also gets a digital certificate, every team gets written judge feedback, and winning entries may be featured on the site and our social media if parents agree.
- No. There is a single round. You submit one entry online before the deadline.
- Every member is under 18, so each member needs their own parent or guardian to agree. We email each parent a plain-language summary with two choices.
- The team stays at “Waiting for consent”, and the leader can see who is pending and resend the email. Registrations that do not get every consent are deleted after 14 days.
- Yes. Every confirmation email has a one-click “Withdraw consent” link. Withdrawing removes the child from the team and removes the entry from any public feature.
- It lets us show a winning entry publicly: on this website and on SEBC’s official social media, such as Instagram. We would show the team name, first names and the entry, never surnames, schools or addresses. Saying no does not affect judging in any way, and you can withdraw at any time.
- A pitch video of at most 3 minutes, or a written essay of up to 1,000 words (your choice); a Green Business Canvas covering five parts (50 to 100 words each); and between 1 and 5 pieces of proof of action: photos or numbers, with no faces.
- Either is fine and neither scores higher. Pick the one that explains your idea best. Essays can be up to 1,000 words.
- An unlisted YouTube link, or a Google Drive link set to “Anyone with the link can view”. Private links cannot be judged.
- No. You design a small business and test it for real, such as trying it with classmates for a week. We care about what you tried and learned, not about profit.
- Yes, until entries close. Reopen the entry from your dashboard, change it, and submit again. After the deadline it locks automatically.
- Out of 100, across five areas. The exact points for each area are shown on the Judging page. Every entry is read and scored by the judging panel.
- A panel of judges reads and scores every entry. Every entrant gets written feedback.
- Only a first name and age for each student, plus a parent or guardian’s email. We never collect surnames, home addresses, phone numbers, NRIC numbers, birth dates or photos of faces.
- No. It is an independent youth initiative, not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency.