Instructions for International Punjabi Language Olympiad-2025

Registration for the International Punjabi Language Olympiad can be done online on the board’s website from 18th August 2025 to 31st October 2025. (https://olympiad.pseb.ac.in)

1. Eligibility criteria for participation of Punjab State/ Other State and NRI students in International Punjabi Language Olympiad 2025
   • Third to Fifth class/grade and below 12 years of age
   • Sixth to Eighth class/grade and below 15 years of age.
   • Ninth to Twelfth class/grade and below 19 years of age.
2. For Punjab State/Other State and NRI students, the online fee for participation in International Punjabi Language Olympiad 2025 will be deposited online as per the following details.
   • Primary Category (3rd to 5th Class) Rs. 50/-
   • Middle Category (6th to 8th Class) Rs. 100/-
   • Secondary Category ( 9th to 12th Class) Rs. 100 /-
   • NRI (All Categories) Rs. 800/-
3. To prepare for the competition, a separate syllabus for each category is available online in PDF format on the board's website.
4. A student of each category can register through his/her school or personally.
5. Indian students outside the state of Punjab and NRI. students will have a single stage paper through online mode only, the result of which will be declared separately. For NRI and states outside the state of Punjab, only the students who come first in each category will be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 11000/- (one student per category), Rs. 7100/- (one student per category), Rs. 5100/- (08 students per category).
6. This competition will be held in three stages in the state of Punjab.
   • a) First stage: There will be an online competition under this stage. In which there will be a total of 50 questions. Out of which 40 questions will be related to the reading content and 10 questions will be taken from the relevant syllabus as per the level of the class. All the questions will be MULTIPLE CHOICE. Based on the marks obtained in the first stage, the first 60 students from each district (from each category) will go to the second stage.
   • b) Second stage: In the second stage, the students will take the online test again in which only the top 60 students from each category of each district will be able to participate. In which the first ten students from each category of each district will be selected. These shortlisted candidates will participate in the third stage.
   • c) Third stage: An offline test will be conducted for the 3rd stage of this Olympiad at Punjab School Education Board S. A. S. Nagar Mohali. In this, top10 students selected district-wise under the second stage of each category will participate.
7. The students who secure the first position in each category will be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 11000/- (one student per category), the second position holders will be awarded Rs. 7100/- (one student per category), the third position holders will be awarded Rs. 5100/- (08 students per category).
8. The school/institution that registers the maximum number of students for the International Punjabi Language Olympiad 2025 will also be awarded Rs. 11000/-.
9. The school that secures the maximum number of positions (minimum 10) out of the first 100 positions will be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 11000/-.
10. If registration is done in the wrong category, the board reserves the right to cancel the registration.
11. The registration fee is non-refundable.
12. Only for students from Punjab state and states outside the state of Punjab, Aadhaar card/school identity card should be affixed. For the identification of foreign students, any ID card can be affixed.