Indonesia National Science Olympiad

[1] In addition, Indonesian public universities are required to accept medal-winners of the competition into their undergraduate programmes.

[3] In 2020, as the new Minister of Education Nadiem Makarim takes office, a brand new governmental agency was created which was called ‘Pusat Prestasi Nasional’ (National Achievement Center) to hold this olympiad.

The competition is divided into 3 levels: In general, the overall competition is divided into four stages:[4] In 2016, over 320,000 students[5] participated in the Olimpiade Sains Kabupaten across Indonesia, with 1,579 eventually making it into the national phase.

Both provinces are commonly seen in the competition as dominant participants, oftentimes sending the largest delegations of students.

In 2020, during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the National Achievement Center (Pusat Prestasi Nasional) instructs that the competition is going to be held online.