More than 4,300 students in Montenegro took part in Bebras Challenge 2024-2025, organized by NGO Tinker and supported by Oracle Academy

As an international competition organized in over 80 countries around the globe, the Bebras Challenge helps get students interested and excited about computing.

NGO Tinker, focused on enhancing STEM education for youth, is experienced in organizing open-access workshops, competitions, and other carefully curated events for thousands of children across Montenegro, such as “Igramiranje” and “Python for all” workshops.

After two years of successful piloting of Bebras Challenge in Montenegro, with thousands of participating students, thanks to the good ratings received from other member countries, NGO Tinker, and thus Montenegro, became a full member of the international Bebras initiative in 2024.

Every year, computer scientists and mathematicians from all member countries of the Bebras initiative prepare and select the best new Bebras challenges. Among the tasks included in the final selection of the challenge for each of the previous three years, there are tasks proposed by Montenegro. As a preparation for the competition, students are invited to online workshops, where they can see what the competition will look like and try solving some of the challenges.

During the challenge, students are given 45 minutes to answer 15 multiple-choice questions that focus on computational and logical thinking and can be completed using computers without any preparation or studying.

This year, the Bebras Challenge 2024-2025 was open to all students from Montenegro, no matter the level of their current success in schools. The students were gathered in primary and secondary school classrooms across the country and had online access to the questions. This year, 4,337 primary and secondary school students in 49 locations across Montenegro competed in five categories.

The ceremonial awarding of medals won at the Bebras Challenge 2024-2025 competition took place in early February 2025, in the crowded amphitheater of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics of the University of Montenegro, in Podgorica. Oracle Academy was delighted to be part of this organization as gold sponsor, helping to keep it free of charge for students, and support the organizers in piquing the interest of students in logical thinking, computing, development, and learning in a fun and compelling way.

Jelena Milojkovic, Director of NGO Tinker, shared her impressions after this year’s Bebras Challenge: “We are proud to be empowered by the support of Oracle Academy, working together to ignite sparks that foster curiosity, focus, logic, and overall mental strength in children and young people across Montenegro. The Bebras competition has the power to inspire and motivate all students, regardless of the region they live in, gender, or the grades they currently achieve in their regular education.”

More details about the Bebras Challenge are available here: https://www.bebraschallenge.org/

Reports and photos from this years Bebras Challenge in Montenegro are published here: http://www.dabar.me/

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