The Syrian Scientific Olympiad competitions for the first secondary students are moving from schools to the regions

Damascus-Sana

Over the course of two hours today, students from first grade secondary school in all governorates competed in the tests of the second phase of the Syrian scientific Olympiad for 2019-2020 at the level of “educational complexes”.

The tests conducted by the Excellence and Innovation Commission in cooperation with the directorates of education included students qualified from the qualifying schools "phase I" science "mathematics, physics, chemistry, informatics and biology" where the questions were placed centrally by the scientific committee in the Commission while it will be corrected by specialists in each educational complex Under the supervision of the province's Olympic Committee.

SANA's Director of Information Office of Excellence and Creativity, Malek Hammoud, said that the second stage qualifiers are qualitative and scientific tests that are higher and deeper than the previous stage and the successful ones qualify to the third stage at the provincial level.

The specialist guide for mathematics Suhail Alnakula praised the competitions of the Olympics as a useful scientific experience for students to help them to challenge themselves in the field in which they are creative and to reach global levels.In addition, it is necessary to sort out scientifically distinguished students to be nurtured and interested in them to be a core nucleus in universities and contribute to the development of the country in the future.

In interviews with SANA, a number of students expressed their hope to achieve advanced positions in this year's competition and join national teams to participate in international competitions, pointing out that the Olympics is an opportunity to discover new worlds of non-traditional knowledge.

In Sweida, the director of education in the province, Bassam Abu Mahmoud, said that 1011 students who took the tests were distributed to six exam centers, including the complexes of the city of Suwayda, Shahba, Salkhad, Al-Qarya, Al-Mishnif and Al-Mazra'a.

A number of students taking the exams expressed their ambition to reach advanced levels at the national level and to represent Syria in international forums.

In Daraa, 1723 students participated in the tests. The Assistant Director of Education for Secondary Education Affairs, Wael Al-Salem, told SANA's correspondent that the second stage was being prepared a week ago.

From the center of the second school in the city of Daraa, a number of students pointed out that the questions are medium and appropriate to the levels of students and adopt a pattern away from the pattern used in textbooks.

In Homs, 3500 male and female students participated in the tests. Ahmed Ibrahim, the director of education in the governorate, pointed out that all measures have been taken to make the Olympics tests successful in all its stages and to reach the qualitative outputs of outstanding students in various scientific subjects.

In turn, a number of students stressed the importance of participating in the Olympics as an important station to assess their experience and knowledge and work to develop their knowledge in various sciences.

In Lattakia, 1605 male and female students participated in the tests. Imran Abu Khalil, director of education in the governorate, said in a statement to SANA correspondent to the directorate's efforts to secure the necessary infrastructure to conduct the tests, where there were 10 exam premises including 16 examination centers.

A number of students participated that the questions fit the second level in terms of degree of difficulty and also tests the level of intelligence of the student and his ability to mental trial and logical thinking and speed and accuracy to solve the questions within a specific time.

In Tartous, Ali Shahoud, director of education in the province, said that the number of students participating in the five materials reached 2496 students distributed to nine centers in the province.

The students expressed their satisfaction with the positive atmosphere in which they took the test, noting that the questions are varied across all levels.

In Hama, the second stage of the Syrian scientific Olympiad provided 2937 students from the tenth grade in 38 schools across the governorate in addition to 144 students from Idlib province.

The director of education Hama Yahya told Sana correspondent that the tests were conducted according to each specialty chosen by the student, noting that the questions included three levels of normal, medium and high simulated the higher levels of thinking for outstanding students.

A number of students stressed that participating in the Olympics would improve their abilities and competence and raise their levels in scientific subjects.

In Aleppo, 1,725 ​​students from public and private schools in Al-Ma'moun and Nablus took part in the tests.

According to Rasha Ogli, Assistant Director of Education in Aleppo, the level of questions takes into account the capabilities of students and their development, especially time management and scientific research to enable the student to obtain information accurately and systematically.

A number of students explained that the questions ranged from medium to hard and needed more efforts to answer them.

In Deir Ezzor, the director of education in the governorate, Khalil Haj Obeid, said that the number of participants in the tests reached 399 students distributed to three centers in each of the city of Deir Ezzor, Mayadeen and Mohsen.

A number of students pointed out that the Olympics is an opportunity for excellence, excellence and creativity, and that this stage requires more focus and diligence, indicating that the questions depend on understanding and comprehension and the student who has the love of matter can pass the test.

In Kenitra, 310 students participated in the stage competitions.

Director of Education Emad Al-Asaad said in a statement to SANA that the tests were conducted in three centers in the Barzeh and Al-Zahira communities in Damascus and in the Salim Sami School in Khan Arnaba on the territory of the governorate.

In Al-Hasakah, 423 students participated in the competitions.

The director of Abu Tammam Maher al-Mashim high school that the atmosphere of competition and enthusiasm was dominating the test after the students moved to the second phase of the Olympics and are determined to move to a new stage in which they prove their scientific and cognitive merit.

A number of students stressed that the test questions were characterized by progressive from the easiest to the most difficult, as mathematics needs to focus more on the answers and information link to reach the most accurate answer.

In the first phase of the Olympics, which took place last month, 1265 students from 23 schools in the cities of al-Hasakah, al-Qamishli and their countryside participated.

It is scheduled to be the third phase tests at the provincial level on the twenty-first of this month.

The Syrian scientific Olympiad competitions are held in a hierarchical and consecutive manner, starting with schools and then at the regional level and then at the provincial level and then at the level of Syria. .

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