On May 17, a ceremony of awarding the winners of the All-republican Olympiad for Information Science among higher school students, held with joint organizational support from the Ministry of Transport, Communication and High Technologies, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Education Ministry and the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), took place at “AzIntelecom” Limited Liability Company.
First, a video address by Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union Howling Zhao in connection with 17th May – the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day was shown.
Minister of transport, communication and high technologies Ramin Guluzadeh congratulated the winners, wishing them successes.
Representatives of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Education Ministry, the Baku Engineering University, the State Management Academy under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Information Technologies Institute of ANAS, the Baku State University, BestComp Group Company, NAR Mobile Operator, and students and heads of teams participated in the awarding ceremony.
The Olympiad among higher school students was conducted in two phases.
62 teams from 25 higher schools of the republic participated in the first phase of the Olympiad conducted in the Baku Engineering University on April 29, while 14 teams with best results from 14 education establishments of the republic participated in the second (final) phase.
In the Olympiad, the Baku Engineering University was awarded the 1st place, with ADA University being honoured the 2nd place, the Baku State University the 3rd place, while the State Management Academy under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan was awarded the 4th place.
The Baku High Oil School, the Azerbaijan Technical University, the Azerbaijan State Agrarian University, the Baku branch of the Moscow State University named after M.V.Lomonosov were presented certificates of honour.
Winners were awarded with certificates and diplomas of honour by the Ministry of Transport, Communication and High Technologies, as well as by sponsors of the Olympiad - NAR Mobile Operator and BestComp Group Company.