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Kijang Economics Competition
Introduction
Kijang Economics Competition (Kijang) is a national economics competition for secondary schools and pre-university students which aims to challenge students’ economics knowledge through economics, entrepreneurship, financial literacy and business. The first competition took place in April 2019.
Kijang intends to spark a competitive nature among students as provide them with the opportunity to polish and develop in economic and financial literacy. Kijang questions have a unique way of highlighting economic and financial concepts by relating it to the local and global economies over time.
Kijang tasks consist of multiple choice questions (tests), requiring an application of economic and financial knowledge to find solutions on capital resources, use of financial instruments and financial market analysis. The questions in Kijang are aligned with the Malaysian curriculum standards and Elemen Merentas Kurikulum (EMK) in KSSM. Kijang is endorsed by the Ministry of Education Malaysia, which enables all participants to obtain co-curriculum marks.
The top 5 students will be selected to represent Malaysia in International Economics Olympiad 2021.
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Kijang has two categories which is sorted by age groups; namely as Lower Secondary, and Upper
Secondary.
All questions are designed and specifically trained for economics studies by the expatriates in economy.
Economics has a diverse range of field. Among them are:
Competition Format
- The competition is online-based and administered at each participating school under the invigilation of Teacher-In-Charge.
- Each registered participant will be given a username and password.
- It is strongly advisable for all participants to sit for the competition at once. However, the teacher-in-charge may arrange for participants to answer the question in batches should there be any hindrance.
- All participants need internet access to take part in the competition.
- If a participant is disconnected during the competition, it is possible to resume after the internet connection is restored, but lost time will be counted towards the 60 minutes time limit. Therefore, it helps to ensure that the internet connection is stable before starting the competition.
- There are 30 objective questions for each category, consisting of objective questions to be answered in 1 hour.
- Students are allowed to bring stationary and unprogrammed calculator only.
- Students are prohibited to discuss with anyone while taking the exam.
Language
All questions will be prepared in English and Bahasa Melayu only.