DUSHANBE, August 4, 2010, Asia-Plus — Dushanbe mayor’s office has supported participation of Tamanno Sultonzoda, the 11th grade student from Dushanbe’s School # 34, at the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Korea through reimbursing her travel expenses.
11,125 somoni have been allocated from the mayor’s reserve fund, according to the Dushanbe mayor’s office press service.
The International Biology Olympiad (IBO) is a science olympiad for secondary school pupils. The first academic international Olympiads after the (originally Eastern European-based) International Mathematical Olympiad were launched under the auspices of the United Nations in the 1960s. The programs have gradually expanded to include more than 70 participating countries across five continents. The IBO is one of these olympiads. All participating countries send the four winners of their National Biology Olympiad to the IBO, accompanied by usually one team leader and two observers/jurors.
The aims of the IBO are to promote a career in science for talented students and to stress the importance of biology in our current society. It also provides a great opportunity to compare educational methods and exchange experiences. This is useful information to improve biology education on a national level. Since the organization of every National Olympiad requires the cooperation of many institutions, such as ministries of education, industry, teachers” associations, universities and schools, communication and cooperation between those institutions is promoted and intensified. Lastly, the IBO stimulates contact between students and teachers from many countries in a friendly environment. To demonstrate this, both students and teachers swear an oath of behaving according to the principles of fair play.
