As the modern workplace is evolving with technologies, it is essential for everyone at work to acquire digital skills and always keep abreast of the latest Office Applications techniques especially for Word Processing, Spreadsheet & Presentation. Such practical skills are highly important for students, our future workforce.
In view of this, AiTLE, Coding101 and Microsoft joint-handed together, launching “The Microsoft Office Specialist Championship (MOS) Hong Kong 2026” to arouse students’ interest and enhance their knowledge and skills for Microsoft Office Applications. AiTLE has been hosting this annual competition in the past 10+ years and is glad to partner with Coding101 and Microsoft this year again to further promote digital skills in secondary schools. Winners from the Hong Kong competition will also have chance to be nominated to the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship 2026 (Click here for detail) to gain international exposure.
Below is the detail of the competition this year:
Competition Categories
Microsoft Office Skill – Word Processing
version 2019
Microsoft 365 Apps
Microsoft Office Skill – Spreadsheet
version 2019
Microsoft 365 Apps
Microsoft Office Skill – Presentation
version 2019
Microsoft 365 Apps
Participants Eligibility
Local secondary school students (each student can only join the final round for 1 competition category)
Competition Workflow and Timetable
The competition has Briefing Session, First Round and Final Round
Online Briefing Session
Online Briefing Session (together with AiTLE Adobe Certified Professional [ACP] Competition Briefing Session)
Date: 2026-03-18 (WED)
Time: 16:00-17:30/18:00
Format: Online Format
First Round
First Round Competition<
Date: 2026-03-31 (TUE)
Time: 07:00-20:00
Venue:
Home / School
(depends on school teachers’ need, schools could hold the First Round competition as a school event, or to allow students to do the test at home)
Format and arrangement:
MC, Fill in the Blanks, T/F and Matching Questions on web-based quiz platform
(Depends on school’s design, invigilation is not necessary)
Number of students for each school to join:
Not limited
Selection Mechanism:
Students with result over threshold of each category from each school can be nominated to join the Final Round competition by school.
Amount of students can accept depends on venue capacity and number of schools involved.
Each school entitles 1 free seat for joining the Final regardless of Application (Word / Excel / PPT)
Schools can consider to purchase additional exam voucher for eligible students to the Final Competition.
Final Round
Final Round Competition
Date: 2026-05-10 (SUN)
Time: 09:00-18:00 (participants only need to attend assigned timeslots)
Venue:
Ying Wa College
Format and arrangement:
Question settings, format, duration and all others will be the same as MOS Certification Exams, with invigilator supervision
Selection Mechanism:
Students with the highest scores (and mark over threshold) of each category will be nominated to join the MOS World Championship 2026 (final numbers to be confirmed depending on the total number of eligible finalists in Hong Kong, and also depends on safety level of the destination country)
Software Version for Competition
Microsoft Office Skills Stream / MOS Exam Version
Microsoft Office 2019 or Microsoft 365 Apps
Language availability: Traditional Chinese, English
Students who joined the Final Round competition and passed the MOS exams will be awarded with the Microsoft recognized MOS Certifications
Student* with the highest scores of each category in the Final Round competition will be nominated to join the MOS World Championship* organized by Certiport (final numbers to be confirmed depending on the total number of eligible finalists in Hong Kong, and also depends on safety level of the destination country)
Other Awards – to be confirmed and announced by AiTLE
*In view of the participant eligibility of the MOS World Championship, students nominated must not have joined the corresponding category in the MOS World Championship before
Learn more about the MOS World Championship:
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