YEREVAN. – The Ministry of Education and Sciences has organized a natural sciences Olympiad to include Physics, Mathematics and Informatics. The aim of the Olympiad is to raise interest towards natural sciences and to find gifted youngsters both in Armenia and Diaspora.   

The Minister of Education and Sciences Armen Ashotyan welcomed the participants and had a speech.

“We have organized this Olympiad by the request of one of the participants of the last year’s Pan-Armenian Olympiad on Armenian language who asked the president Serzh Sargsyan to organize natural sciences Olympiad. A year has passed, and now I am delighted to let you know that thanks to Serzh Sargsyan that girl’s wish has come true,” Ashotyan said. “I welcome all the participants of the Olympiad once again and assure that similar event will be held more often in future.”

Participants from Armenia, Karabakh, Russia, Estonia, Iran, Syria, France and Georgia will take part in the first Pan-Armenian natural sciences Olympiad. The Olympiad has one preparatory and two competitive stages.

The Olympiad will last a week and the closing event will be on July 27.