182 students represent Syria in the IGO
Damascus (ST): Syria took part today in the International Geometry Olympiad organized by Iran with the participation of students from 60 states.
The Olympiad tests were conducted via the internet at the same time for all the participants. The tests included high-level problems in the Plane and Solid Geometry.
About 182 students, who are current and former members of the Syrian Scientific Olympiad national team, represented Syria in the event. The Syrian students were distributed at five centres in the cities of Damascus, Lattakia, Aleppo, Tartous and Homs.
The participants were distributed according to three age categories representing the intermediate level which contains the students of 9th and 10th grades, the advance level which contains 11th and 12th grades,with the free level including university students.
The event was launched for the first time in 2014 and is considered one of the most important scientific competitions specialized in geometry at international level.
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