Tamar Sanikidze Awarded the Olympians

Within the framework of the "Program for Encouraging Particularly Talented Youth", the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia annually funds the participation of Georgian national student teams in the world's largest and most prestigious olympiads: Mathematics (IMO), Physics (IPHO), Informatics (IOI), Biology (IBO), and Chemistry (ICHO).

Representatives from nearly 100 countries worldwide participate in the aforementioned olympiads, including Georgian students. The Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of the Ministry ensures the staffing, training, and participation of the national teams in each subject. The national teams are formed from students who have won national subject olympiads, and students undergo special rounds before selection.

Over recent years, participants of international olympiads have won 3 gold, 15 silver, 48 bronze medals, and 31 certificates of honorable mention. This year, 23 students participated in international olympiads, resulting in 1 gold, 2 silver, and 5 bronze medals. 4 students earned certificates of honorable mention.

The winners of the international olympiads are:

Nikoloz Svanidze   (Gold medal in Informatics) - 12th-grade student at Tbilisi Public School-Boarding School "Komarov";

Elene Machaidze  (Bronze medal in Informatics) - 11th-grade student at Tbilisi Public School-Boarding School "Komarov";

Giorgi Skhirtladze  (Bronze medal in Informatics) - 10th-grade student at the Private College named after Demirel;

Zaur Meshveliani   (Silver medal in Mathematics) -  10th-grade student at Tbilisi Public School-Boarding School "Komarov";

Giorgi Svanadze  (Bronze medal in Mathematics) -  12th-grade student at Tbilisi Public School-Boarding School "Komarov";

Giorgi Gonashvili  (Bronze medal in Mathematics) -  12th-grade student at Tbilisi Public School-Boarding School "Komarov";

Joneta Gvazava  (Bronze medal in Biology) - 12th-grade student at Abasha Public School #1;

The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia rewards the winning participants with monetary prizes:

Gold medal winner - 3,000 GEL;

Silver medal winner - 2,000 GEL;

Bronze medal winner - 1,000 GEL;