Universitas Dian Nuswantoro Universitas Dian Nuswantoro (Udinus) through the One Step to be Accounting Star (Oscar) event evaluate the insights of high school students and their equivalents in the field of economics. The competition emphasized the theme ‘The Role of Accountants on Finance in Modern Era'.
The contest, which is a series of Dinusfest 2024 activities, took place on the 6th floor of the hall of the I building at Udinus. The grand final was attended by 8 teams and was conducted on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Each team consisting of 2 students answered the quiz questions carefully given by the judges.
Chief Executive of Oscar, Ilham Zaki Maulana in his report explained that all participants were from the Central Java Region. At each stage, participants will hone their skills while carrying out team work. Contestants were also directed to think critically and openly according to the given theme.
"During the execution of the grand final, the competition was initiated through the Forum Group Discussion (FGD) Session. Each team would scramble to answer the questions read by the moderator. In the end, they gathered the team according to the questions that were successfully answered," explained Ilham.
"This year's competition ran cheerfully, through the FGD mechanism the competition can run smoothly. Hopefully, next year's event would maintain current participants enthusiast and would evolve even more as the amount of participants increase," added Ilham.
Additionally, the Dean of FIB UDINUS, Prof. Vincent Didiek Wiet Aryanto MBA, PhD., also attended the event to give speech. He stated that Dinusfest can encourage high school students and their equivalents to hone their insights in the economics realm.
"Through competition, students will grow their enthusiasm in competing. We, together with the student team, have also arranged educational scholarships for the competition winners," he concluded.
In total, there are 73 types of competition this year. These competitions consists of sports, arts and logical reasoning. Approximately, 6192 high school and college students participated in the 2024 Dinusfest. These participants came from all over the archipelago of Indonesia, such as Manado, Denpasar, Kendari, Pontianak, Riau, Wamena, Aceh and various regions in Central Java. (PR Udinus/Haris. Photo: PR Udinus)
