November 12, 2007

The first phase of the all-republican Olympiad was held

The first phase of the all-republican Olympiad on information technology in connection with the 125th anniversary of telephone communication in Azerbaijan was held at the Training Centre of the Information Technologies Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy Science among student of high schools.

 

Before the contest organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies, the Ministry of Education  and the Training Centre  of the Information Technologies Institute of ANAS, the participants will be given instructions and familiarized with computers and test programs.

 

Teams from high schools of our country and combined teams consisting of off-contest schools participated in the Olympiad. 12 of 24 teams with 30 percent of the scores at the first selection phase gained a right to participate in the finals to be held on November 18.

 

The Olympiad will enable the selection and training of a team to participate in semi-finals of the international team competitions on the information technology.