The 30th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) of the schoolchildren ended in Tsukuba, Japan.

In addition to awarding the Olympics participants at the closing ceremony of the responsible employees of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, Sports and Technology, a number of prestigious public organizations and company managers, the next year's race was announced in Azerbaijan. Organized by the organizers, the flag of the International Informatics Olympiad was presented to the Deputy Minister of Education of our country Firudin Gurbanov.

Gurbanov congratulated the participants at the end of Olympiad and thanked the organizers and the Japanese government for organizing the event at a high level. The Deputy Minister invited the participants to the 31st International Olympiad in Informatics to be held in our country next year.

Then a short film about our country was demonstrated.

So, in 2019, the 31st International Olympiad in Informatics will be held in Azerbaijan.

The results of the national team  have significantly improved in comparison with previous years “Azercell Telecom” LLC, the leading mobile operator in Azerbaijan, is providing support to our schoolchildren. Thus, the local participants received a special training course at “Barama” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of “Azercell Telecom” LLC before they left for Japan.

Our republic was represented 24 times at this international event. Totally 55 Azerbaijani schoolchildren took part in this Olympiad. So far, Azerbaijan won 5 medals in this international contest, including 1 silver and 4 bronze medals.

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