About 3 thousand schoolchildren took part in the TSU Olympiad

TOMSK, Apr 5 – RIA Tomsk. Almost 3 thousand schoolchildren of 8-10 grades from the Russian Federation and the CIS countries took part in the olympiad of Tomsk State University (TSU); the winners will receive additional points for admission to the Russian university, the coordinator of the olympiad for schoolchildren at TSU Mikhail Baraksanov told RIA Tomsk on Friday.

According to him, the open regional TSU Olympiad for schoolchildren of 8-10 grades was held in two stages (correspondence and intramural) in seven subjects: mathematics, physics, Russian, literature, history, geography and publishing. The winners of the Olympiad will receive up to 10 points in the portfolio when they enroll in the Russian university.

"About 3 thousand schoolchildren took part in the open interuniversity olympiad organized by TSU in cooperation with Tomsk Polytechnic University and Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics. The most popular subjects for schoolchildren – are traditionally Russian and mathematics", – the interlocutor of the agency reported.

He added that the participants of the Olympiad in 2019 became residents of Siberian cities, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, as well as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. The winners of the olympiad will be about 500 people, but they will be determined after the appeal procedure, on Monday, April 8.

Baraksanov added that on May 2-4 in Tomsk there will be held a forum "Talents of Siberia" for pupils of 9-11 grades who have achievements in olympiads. It includes career guidance and educational activities, classes on the development of personal effectiveness.