Monday, November 30, 2015

4th National Earth Olympiad 2015

Registration for National Earth Olympiad 2015 is going on. Bangladesh Youth Environmental Initiative (BYEI) will be organizing the preliminary rounds in 8 divisional cities on 26th December, 2015. 

All school/college students enrolled in classes 8 to 12 and private candidates of equivalent levels are eligible to participate. The winners of this year’s competition will represent Bangladesh at the 10th International Earth Science Olympiad 2016 to be held in Japan.

For Online Registration, Click Here.  For past papers of International Earth Science Olympiad and National Earth Olympiad, Click Here

The recommended book for the Olympiad preparation is High School Earth Science. But the book isn't comprehensive enough to cover all the earth science topics that are tested in the National Earth Olympiad. Check out How to win Earth Science Olympiad for further instruction.




Saturday, November 21, 2015

11th Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad 2015


2015 should be marked as one of the best years in the history of Astronomy Olympiad in Bangladesh. This year Bangladeshi students have secured 2 Gold Medals and 1 Bronze Medal at Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad.


Award Winners

1. Mahmud Un Nobe – Gold Medal (Absolute Winner- Alpha Group). 
2. Fairuz Ishraque – Gold Medal (Absolute Winner- Beta Group).  
3. Barha Meherun Pritha  – Bronze Medal.

The Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) is a regional annual astronomy competition for high school students from Asian countries. This year, it was the 11th edition of the competition and took place in Dhaka from November 13-22. Apart from Bangladesh, teams from Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan participated in this year's competition. Congratulations to all the winners.