The Kaggle Competition is not compulsory for the ACTL3142 Assignment in 2024 Term 1. 

It serves the purpose for you to validate your model on completely unseen dataset. It also allows you to compare your best model to other peers' best model performance. Additionally, you will be granted bonus points if you have demonstrated excellent performance in the Kaggle competition. Further information on bonus points could be found on Moodle or Ed Forum.