The start of the final qualifying tests for the 2024 Syrian Scientific Olympiad
Damascus (ST) – The final qualifying tests for the Syrian Scientific Olympiad 2024 began today with the participation of 248 female and male students from several governorates. These tests are to select members of the national team to participate in the international Olympiad competitions during the coming period, in the specializations of (mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and informatics).
The final qualifiers, held by the Excellence and Creativity Commission, include two rounds of tests over two days. The duration of each round is four continuous hours for the specializations (mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology) in the halls of the Ebla Hotel in Damascus countryside, and five continuous hours for the informatics specialization at the College of Engineering (Informatics) at the University of Damascus.
Students from the first year of secondary school who qualified from the current season will participate in the tests, as well as students who achieved first places in the Scientific Olympiad for Youth in mathematics and science, the school programming competition, and the programming marathon for children and adolescents.
Question models have been developed by the central scientific committees of the Syrian Scientific Olympiad, which will carry out the correction processes and calculate the final grades for the participants under the two tests, to determine the final ranking at the Syrian level.
The competitions for the new season of the Syrian Scientific Olympiad were launched on the 21st of last October through the first stage qualifiers within the governorates with the participation of 4283 male and female students.
1281 of the above-mentioned students were qualified for the second stage qualifiers, which were also held within the governorates, and their competitions resulted in the success of 248 outstanding male and female students to be qualified for the final qualifiers.
Najla Khoury