Education

QUIZ

DATT National Primary School Quiz

The Diabetes Association of Trinidad and Tobago is pleased to announce it’s third annual National Primary School Quiz. This quiz forms part of our Diabetes Education and Awareness in Primary Schools (DEAPS) initiative. Our goal is to promote diabetes and general health education in primary schools to foster health-conscious children who can be health advocates in their communities. The diabetes quiz will encourage children at this formative age to increase awareness about the signs and symptoms of diabetes, its complications, and prevention.

The quiz comprises of three (3) rounds:

  1. 1) Preliminary round – children will study the KiDS diabetes booklet and DATT information booklet, and then complete the online quiz.
  2. 2) Semi–final round
  3. 3) Final round

Open to all STANDARD 3 students. Entry period for the preliminary round will be from February 19th to March 18th 2024.

The quiz is an individual assessment, and the student can only attempt the quiz once.

Yes, the student will have 40 minutes to answer 30 questions.

All questions will be multiple-choice questions.

Visit www.diabetes-tt.org/quiz to access the study material.

There is no limit as to how many students from a school can enter. The only requirement is that the student is in Standard 3.

The preliminary round is online. The semi-final and final rounds will be in-person quizzes.

The Semi-final round will be a written in-person quiz held at the DATT Head office in Chaguanas and the DATT Tobago suboffice for Tobago students.

The Final round of the quiz will be an oral in-person quiz with 3 different levels of questioning (easy, medium, hard). This round will be held at the LRC Auditorium, UWI.

Yes, once the student has studied the booklet and is ready to attempt the quiz, they can take the quiz during that 1 month time frame. The portal will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until March 18 th 2024.

A link will be posted on the same website page www.diabetes-tt.org/quiz on February 19th. Only when the student is ready to take the quiz, they can click the link which will take them to create their profile and begin the quiz.

You can contact the DATT Youth Coordinator, Alicia Ramdass via 607-3288 ext. 1004 or email her at alicia.ramdass@diabetes-tt.org.

Rules For Quiz

  1. 1) The participant MUST be a standard 3 pupil.
    2) Visit the DATT website at www.diabetes-tt.org/quiz
    3) Scroll to the end of the page and download the study material.
    4) Between February 19 th and March 18 th the student can access the quiz portal by visiting the website
    again (www.diabetes-tt.org) and clicking the link under “Preliminary Round” to enter the quiz portal.
    5) The student will be prompted to enter their basic information (ENSURE ALL INFORMATION IS ACCURATE AND THE STUDENT ENTIRE NAME IS ENTERED)
    6) After entering the student information, the quiz will begin.
    7) The student has 40 minutes to answer 30 multiple-choice questions.
    8) THE STUDENT WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE QUIZ ONCE
    9) Good luck!

“Please see the following link which will take you to the preliminary round of the National Diabetes Quiz 2024 – https://www.onlineexambuilder.com/national-primary-school-diabetes-quiz-2024/exam-598322 “