Winners of «Future leaders» Olympiad got Certificates for free education in Baikal School of BRICS
The results of the "Future Leaders" Olympiad were summed up at INRTU. The winners of the intellectual tournament — schoolchildren Nikita Kachkov and Egor Shtyrev received certificates for free training at the Baikal School of BRICS.
The Olympiad was organized in a distant format in English. More than 120 schoolchildren fr om Irkutsk, Sverdlovsk as well as representatives of Uzbekistan showed knowledge in Economics and Computer Science.
At the first stage, the contestants passed a complex English language test suggested by the teaching staff of the Department of Humanities, Baikal School of BRICS.
On the next stage, participants were asked to solve several exciting assignments that require a creative approach in one of the Olympiad orientations. 60 schoolchildren coped with the final test, six of whom became winners of the intellectual tournament.
Nikita Kachkov, a 10th grade student of Irkutsk School No. 77, demonstrated the best result in economics. He said that he decided to take part in the tournament after visiting the Open Day in Baikal School of BRICS.
"On the Olympiad, main difficulties were caused by listening tasks, wh ere it was necessary to listen to the recording and choose an appropriate text. The block on Economics included complicated tasks — topics go beyond the school curriculum, require more detailed knowledge in this sphere.
I am pleased with my victory and plan to enter Irkutsk National Research Technical University. Baikal School of BRICS attracts me with the opportunity to study in English in an international environment" ...
Nikita Semenov from Irkutsk School No. 24 took the second place in this category. Mikhail Chichkalyuk from the ISU Lyceum closed the Top - three.
In Computer Science, Egor Shtyrev (Lyceum of ISU) took the first place, Semyon Ivanov (school No. 19) — the second one and Nikita Kutischev from Irkutsk School No. 16 took the third place.
During the award ceremony, Anna Kireenko, director of Baikal School of BRICS, gave the winners participation certificates that grant their right for free education in INRTU. The participants who took the second and third places won a discount of 40 and 30% on studying at INRTU.
The winners of the Olympiad on Economics are invited to take up the training program on Sustainable Innovative Economics, International Business or choose a double degree program with Shandong University (China) Finance and Accounting.
Future software engineers can choose such programs in English as Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science or Business Intelligence and Digital Marketing.
According to Elena Perelygina, marketer of the Baikal School of BRICS, such events allow to attract a large audience:
«Future applicants will learn about our School and its advantages. We are pleased with the contestants’ training — while studying at school, they already realize the prospect of studying in English.
INRTU organizes a series of English-language Olympiads, including the „Future Leaders“, „Future Leaders of Eurasia“. In March, the „Future Academics“ will be held — this intellectual tournament is focused on schoolchildren and students of secondary professional education.»
Photo provided by Elena Perelygina