Winners of international and republican Olympiads were honored in Vitebsk
– The results of participation in international olympiads and competitions, and the final stage of the republican olympiad have become a kind of marker of the quality of education. And, closing out 2023, we are summing up the results with particular satisfaction within the framework of the "Our Children" campaign, – emphasized the Chairman of the Regional Council of Deputies Vladimir Terentyev. – Today is a wonderful opportunity to once again express words of appreciation and gratitude to our educators and students for the remarkable results they achieve year after year. It is very pleasing that for the last three years we have been leaders in the republic in terms of olympiad victories. And this year was no exception – 111 diplomas, we are the undisputed leaders among the regions. It is gratifying to note that not only in the regional center and large cities, but also in rural areas, our educators are nurturing bright minds.
The hall was attended by winners of the Union State olympiad for schoolchildren in the Russian language and Russian literature "Russia and Belarus: Historical and Spiritual Community," the final stages of the republican olympiad and the republican competition of research papers (conferences) of students in academic subjects, the 64th International Mathematical Olympiad, the XIX International Geography Olympiad, and the XIX International Zhautykov Olympiad in Mathematics, Informatics, and Physics.
Students of Vitebsk Gymnasium No. 2 annually become winners of republican and international Olympiads. In the ranking of educational institutions of the republic, the gymnasium holds an honorable first place. In 2023 alone, gymnasium students won 12 medals at international Olympiads and 29 diplomas at the final stages of republican events and Olympiads. For example, mathematics teacher Alexander Shugol is confident that a positive result provides additional motivation for further work.
– My motto is never to rest on your laurels. My students adhere to this principle as well. This year, in my subject alone, the students brought four diplomas from the republican Olympiad, and Ivan Korshunov won a bronze medal at the international Olympiad in Japan. Three students became winners at the international Zhautykov Olympiad (two bronze and one gold medal), – noted Alexander Shugol.
This year, young men and women won 21 medals at international Olympiads. In particular, 16 of them were at the XIX International Zhautykov Olympiad in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science. Three bronze medals were won at the 12th European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad, the 64th International Mathematical Olympiad, and the XVI International Earth Science Olympiad. Students also won two bronze medals at the XIX International Geography Olympiad held in the Indonesian city of Bandung. The team of the Vitebsk region also brought six diplomas to the final stage of the Olympiad for schoolchildren of the Union State "Russia and Belarus: Historical and Spiritual Community" in Brest, taking first place in the team competition.