About Skillfest

We invite participation from Asian Commonwealth countries viz, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. The competition is designed as an online festival of skills wherein every participant gets to showcase their skills through a short video of 5 minutes. The content generated from the Skillsfest will be included in the CEMCA’s Open Educational Resources (OER) repository for TVET.

Skillsfest 2023 – First Edition is a joint initiative of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) regional centre of the Commonwealth of Learning and National Skills Network – NSN, India to create awareness about the growing importance of skills in our lives. We strongly believe that skills are free from age, nationality, culture, experience and formal education and knowledge is free to share under Open Educational Resources (OER). And, it is this universal aspect of skills we want to promote and recognize through the competition. Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning materials in text, audio or video format licensed for free use. These materials come under Creative Commons License and can be shared, modified, re-used and re-distributed for educational purposes.

Objectives

  • Promote and recognize the empowering potential of skills

  • Create awareness and raise aspirational value of vocational (technical) skills

  • Showcase individual skills and success stories on a global platform

  • Build global brand for skills through social recognition and reward

  • Deliver the message that there’s no right age when it comes to skilling

  • Inspire people to learn new skills from the videos we publish

Instructions for participants

Share your stories of skills through a video; you may wish to showcase your unique skill through a demonstration of a process, a social interaction or a creative activity. Your story can tell us more about your passion, your country or your workplace.

  • Please follow the list of skills mentioned on the homepage. You are allowed to showcase only those skills mentioned in the list
  • You are allowed to send your entry only in 1 of the mentioned skills
  • Since no late entries will be accepted, please follow the timelines. The last date for submission of your entries is June 15th 2023
  • Anyone between the age of 11 – 65 years can participate in the competition
  • You can either participate individually or in a team of not more than 3 people
  • Please take permission from the institution in case you are showcasing branded tools or equipment in the video
  • Please make sure the video you are sharing does not hurt the sentiments of any particular individual, gender, community, religion or country
  • The acceptable entries will be evaluated by a distinguished jury
  • The winning videos will receive awards and certificates from CEMCA in collaboration with NSN and they will form a part of the OER repository

Instructions to create and share the videos

  • Please do not shoot the videos vertically. Always, try to record your video only in horizontal (landscape) mode
  • The duration of the video should be 5 – 10 mins
  • The time limit for the video should be strictly followed by the participants
  • Make sure there is enough headroom (space above the person’s head) on the top
  • Ensure that the place is well-lit while you record your video. You can try to shoot in front of a window or door to ensure enough natural light
  • Avoid using the mobile flashlight and try to shoot in the daytime
  • Selfie videos are not acceptable. Please shoot using a tripod or take help from your friends/ family in assisting you
  • If you are recording video outdoors, ensure minimal or no background noise. Do not record video in empty rooms, this will help in eliminating the ambience echo
  • Record your video with the maximum resolution available on your mobile device. Ideally, full HD mode (1080 frame size)
  • If you are recording a video in multiple takes, compile all of them and share the video as a single MP4 file. Do not share multiple video files
  • Please share the video file only in MP4 format
  • Introduce yourself at the beginning of the video. Mention your name, age, country and skill you will be demonstrating in the video
  • Before sharing the video, please name your video file with your name, age, country and skill. For example, if you are Aman from India, whose age is 32 and showcasing the skill of Auto Technician, then your video file name should be Aman_32_India_AutoTechnician
  • The participant should be visible in the video
  • Along with your video, please share any identity proof to confirm your nationality. For example, in case you are from India, participants can share the details of their Aadhaar card, as proof of identity. This is to avoid any imposters and validate the personal information provided in the video
  • Videos submitted in any regional language should have English subtitles
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