Syrian Students Pioneered in World Olympiad Scientific Contests
DAMASCUS,(ST)_ The Syrian Scientific Olympiad has crowned its achievements for 2012 with several certificates of appreciation, won by members of the national team in the international Olympiads competitions in mathematics, physics and chemistry. A matter which reflects the evolution of performance at the individual and team levels in achieving higher scores compared to those of last year.
Chairman of the National Olympic Commission Imad Mowaffaq Azab told SANA that the two members of the national team for mathematics Mohammed Yazan Hamsho and Mohammed Kaddour won two certificates of appreciation for Syria ‘s participation for the second running year in the Asian Olympiad for mathematics , organized in Japan, while members of the national team achieved higher scores in comparison with their marks realized in 2011.
He continued that three members of the national team for physics won certificates of appreciation in Estonia Olympiad. They are Osama Yaghi , Mohammad Razzouk and Ghadir Shabaan , noting that member of the national Olympiad team for Chemistry Yazan Ghannam achieved 35 scores in practical tests in Washington equaling the mark achieved by the best student in the US to the said Olympiad.
He concluded by saying that evolution in the performance of the Syrian Olympiads reflects the quality of the hierarchically work-based mechanism of the competitions and the organization of scientific training and qualification courses under the supervision of specialized trainers.
Worthy mentioning that most qualified candidates are selected to represent Syria to the International Olympiads for mathematics in Columbia, Physics in Denmark, and chemistry in Prussia to be held in June 2013.
T. Fateh