WorldSkills 2013 Competition – web design category

Want to make your place and get noticed in the world of Web design? Consider sending your entry for the WorldSkills 2013 Competition – web design category. Aptech, in association with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), would be holding national selections to determine who would represent India in the Web Design discipline at the next WorldSkills Competition to be held at Leipzig, Germany, in July 2013.

Who can apply?

• The national selection competition is open to students below 23 years and those born after January 01, 1991.
• Possessing knowledge about XHTML, Javascript, CSS3, PHP, Apache, MySQL is essential.
• Participation in the competition is free of cost, and the travel and accommodation of the national winners would be covered.

How to apply?

• To qualify for the competition, the candidates need to submit a test project and the shortlisted students would be trained by Aptech and designated experts for three months without any cost. 
• Participants are required to include the project title, case diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams / architecture diagrams, ER diagrams, database schema diagrams, screen shots of at least five screens, wireframe and sample reports in their web projects.
• Each contestant would be allowed a single entry for qualification.
• Along with the project, applicants need to submit their CV, scan copies of the passport and original documents, signed and attested by the University or the workplace certifying the grade / position of the competitor.

Interested participants may download the application forms. The final date for submission of applications is December 30, 2012.

Selection procedure

• The best entry will represent India in the WorldSkills championship to be hosted in Germany next year.
• The jury would shortlist the best entry on the parameters of planning, designing, client side coding and server side programming for the project.
• Entries would be qualified on the basis of submission of documents, personal interview and on-site evaluation of the applicant.
• All applicants would be awarded a certificate of participation.

WorldSkills International is a not for profit membership association open to agencies or bodies which have a responsibility for promoting vocational education and training in their respective countries/regions. Every two years, it organises a WorldSkills competition for people below the age of 23 to test their expertise in a range of skills. Since 2011, NSDC has been leading the Indian participation at WorldSkills competitions.