November 10, 2007

An all-republican Olympiad will be held among high schools on the subject of Information Technologies

On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of telephone communication, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies, the Ministry of Education and the Information Technologies Institute of ANAS will hold  an all-republican Olympiad among students of high schools.

 

The Ministry of Education informed that, consisting of 2 phases, the Olympiad will get together teams consisting of our country’s high school students and combined teams  consisting of off-competition schools. Teams that have got 30 percents of the scores during the first selection phase of the Olympiad will gain a right to participate at the final phase.

 

Along with assisting students in solution of tasks and in programming, as well as revealing the ability to work in a team, this Olympiad will help computer specialists gain practice and improve their skills. At the same time, the Olympiad will also enable selection and training of teams to participate in  semi-finals of international team competitions on information technology.

 

Before the contest of knowledge to be held at the Training Centre  of the Information Technologies Institute of ANAS, the participants will be given instructions and familiarized with computers and test programs.

 

The first phase of the Olympiad will be held on November 11, the second on November 18.