The 8-th annual International Zhautykov Olympiad in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science that is a collaborative project of The Republican Scientific-Practical Centre “Daryn” and The Republican Specialized Physics-Mathematics Secondary Boarding School named after O.Zhautykov for gifted students has successfully been brought to a conclusion.
54 teams (343 participants) of specialized schools from 18 countries such as Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Romania, Bulgaria, Indonesia, India, Mongolia and Afghanistan participated in VIII IZhO.
VIII IZhO Awarding Ceremony took place on January 20, 2012 at 4 pm in the Palace of Students at the Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi, Almaty city. The President of The Republican-Scientific-Practical Centre “Daryn” Sholpan Kiribayeva, the IZhO Jury Chairman, Rector of Kazakh National University after al-Farabi Galymkair Mutanov, the IZhO Co-chairman, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Dzhumadildayev and Ambassador of India in the Republic of Kazakhstan Ashok Kumar Sharma delivered a congratulatory address.
29 participants of the Olympiad were awarded with golden medals (Kazakhstan-9, among them RSPhMSBS-4/Alibek Sailanbayev, Saken Dushayev, Iliya Vilkoviskiy, Temirlan Zharkynbek), 58 participants got silver medals (Kazakhstan-19, among them RSPhMSBS-6/Temirlan Seilov, Yerzhan Imanmalik, Alisher Tortai, Yerzat Dulat, Ayat Ospanov, Daulet Zhalpakov) and 84 participants got bronze medals (Kazakhstan-30, among them RSPhMSBS-11/Mukhit Daurkhanov, Temirlan Kabylbekov, Mukhamejan Baimoldayev, Alimzhan Amanov, Erkebulan Aripbai, Madiyar Turar, Kuanysh Kudaibergen, Yersyn Mukai, Nurlan Zhusupov, Sattar Stamkulov, Azamat Mukhamejanov).
Among 171 medals Kazakhstani teams were awarded with 58 medals, among them 21 belong to RSPhMSBS.
At the Awarding Ceremony a few educational grants of KazNU after al-Farabi and IT University were delivered to the best VIII IZhO participants. The Deputy President of the Administrative Council of Independent Educational Organization “Nazarbayev University” Khadisha Dairova awarded a special Certificate “The Best School of the Republic of Kazakhstan” to the Principal of RSPhMSBS according to Nazarbayev University rating of schools of 2011.
The results of the Olympiad defined 7 best teams – the IZhO winners. They were gifted with special prizes from the IZhO general partner Social Foundation “Foundation of Alumni of The Republican Physics-Mathematics School” and the IZhO general sponsor “Exxon Mobil Kazakhstan Inc”. (Every member of the team-winner got video cameras for the 1st place, photo cameras for the 2nd place and mobile phones for the 3d place). Laptops were delivered to the IZhO Grand Prix winners.
In a team competition a team of Advanced Educational Scientific Centre of Moscow State University (AESC MSU) (Moscow, Russia) awarded Grand Prix of the Olympiad.
Diploma of the 1st Degree is delivered to The Republican Specialized Physics-Mathematics Secondary Boarding School named after O.Zhautykov for gifted students (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Sofia High School of Mathematics (Sofia, Bulgaria) and Tajik-Turkish High School after Hoji Kamol (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) teams shared the 2nd place and got Diploma of the 2nd Degree. Model High School of Mathematics after Academician Kiril Popov (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), Physical-Mathematical Lyceum of National Taras Shevchenko University (Kiev city, Ukraine) and TUDOR VIANU National High School of Computer Science (Bucharest, Romania) awarded Diploma of the 3d Degree. Nine teams are marked with Certificate of Excellence.
The general partner of the VIII International Zhautykov Olympiad Social Foundation “Foundation of Alumni of the Republican Physics-Mathematics School” and general sponsor “Exxon Mobil Kazakhstan Inc” have provided support in organization and implementation of the Olympiad at high level during a seven year period. The event has also been sponsored by “Atameken Holding” financial-industrial group and “Intel” company. The IZhO INFO partner is Modern Education magazine.
More detailed information and photos of the Olympiad could be found on the school website http://izho.kz/