The most outstanding students in the field of informatics were awarded at the VI Regional Olympiad in Informatics, held on March 27, 2021.
Despite the complicated health situation and the ongoing online training, there were many people willing to participate in the "technological" challenge. Students aged 10 to 18 from over 10 schools in Burgas and the region competed with great dignity in this difficult battle.
First place in the first age group (4th - 6th grade) was won by Alexander Angelov, 6th grade by PPMG "Acad. N. Obreshkov", the second place was won by Alexander Mutafchiev, 4th grade by PK Yavorov Primary School, and the organizers awarded and three third places to Maria Tokareva, 5th grade from A. Georgiev Kodzhakafaliyata Primary School; Victoria Bumbarova, 5th grade from PPMG "Acad. N. Obreshkov" and Angel Kostadinov, 4th grade, "Dimcho Debelyanov" secondary school.
In the second age group (7th - 9th grade) Georgi Grozdev ranked first, 8th grade from PPMG "Acad. N. Obreshkov", second place went to Kaloyan Stoyanov, 8th grade from PGEE "K. Fotinov", and third place was won by Bozhidar Sotirov, 8th grade from PPMG "Acad. N. Obreshkov", Yordan Todorov, 7th grade from PPMG "Acad. N. Obreshkov" and Stoyan Kolev, 9th grade from PGEE "K. Fotinov".
In the third age group (10-12 grades) the first place is for Kristian Popov, 11th grade from PGSAG "K. Ficheto", the second place was awarded to Alexander Kostadinov, 10th grade from PPMG "Acad. N. Obreshkov", and the third place was won by Velina Yordanova, 10th grade from PPMG "Acad. N. Obreshkov".
Here is what the organizers of the Olympiad shared: "The children of Burgas competed in all areas of Informatics from applications of information technology, through types of algorithms to difficult programming tasks. Creative and exciting solutions showed by the little ones in a task in which for one hour the story "Grandpa pulls out a turnip" comes to life in the Scratch visual-block programming environment or optional software (e.g. Kodu, App Inventor, Alice, etc.). The winners created animations with the characters, even sounding the dialogues in different voices; added music, and one of the participants even made a final stage all at the table. ", commented Assoc. Prof. Dr. Penka Georgieva, program coordinator of the Program Council for "Informatics and Computer Science" at Burgas Free University, and Mrs. Sonya Dimova, Deputy Director of PPMG "Acad. Nikola Obreshkov" added that "in this competition the children of Burgas again showed that there are no secrets for them in the field of informatics and its applications. The high results in all groups are proof of that. "
"The alumni of PPMG Acad. Nikola Obreshkov" won 7 medals and again showed that they are not only the best mathematicians, but also among the best computer scientists in Burgas. We are extremely happy that students from other schools: PGSAG "К. Ficheto", PGEE "K. Fotinov", OU "A. Georgiev Kodzhakafaliyata" , PS "P. K. Yavorov" and SU "Dimcho Debelyanov" performed excellently and won prizes at the Olympiad. We are glad that with the establishment of this important competition forum we have been able for many years to stimulate the interest of young people in Burgas and the region to new technologies, to highlight their importance in modern education and to unite the efforts of schools, training centers, universities and institutions." summarized Liliana Slavova, chairwoman of the Chance for Children and Nature of Bulgaria Foundation and initiator of the Olympiad.
The official awarding of the young computer scientists will take place on 18.06.2021 at 18:30 on the open stage "Snail". All finalists will receive their medals and diplomas, and for the first places will be provided a prize from the company TechnoLogica EAD, partners of the organizers.