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RULES & REGULATIONS
 
A team participating at the IYMC should consist of six student contestants. Three for the Junior Level (students not enrolled for Senior High School or Grade 11) and three for the Senior Level (students below 19 years of age and not enrolled for an Undergraduate Programme at a College or University). A Teacher-Team Leader must accompany the team. The participation of the Mathematics Teacher as the Team Leaders is encouraged.
As IYMC is being organized from the 2nd to the 5th of December, 2008, teams are requested to arrive before 12 noon on 2nd December, 2008. Teams are however welcome a day or two earlier and may leave after the 5th of December, 2008 at their convenience. We will be happy to extend hospitality to all outstation teams during their entire stay in Lucknow.
Participating teams with Team Leaders must be present at the venue at all times. The Leaders are responsible for good conduct of their team members.
Only writing and drawing instruments are permitted at the contest venue. Books, papers, tables, calculators and computers will not be allowed in the examination rooms.
Meal Timings: Outstation participants are requested to abide by the following timings for the convenience of the catering staff:-
  Breakfast: 07:00 am to 08:00 am
Lunch: 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm
Dinner: 08:30 pm to 09:30 pm
Friends, relatives and outsiders will not be allowed to meet the Participants or Team Leaders until the competition concludes on 5th December, 2008.
The participants are allowed to use a non-electronic translation dictionary during the competition. The officials need to be informed beforehand of this and may check the usage at any time.
Each participating team must prepare a three to five minutes cultural presentation for the cultural show to be organized at the venue. A dance or song sequence, a short skit in an ethnic dress, unique to their country or region, are some of the ideas for this presentation.