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BRILLIANT SUCCESS ACHIEVED BY VAHE MUSOYAN IN THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD IN INFORMATICS
Azad-Hye, United Arab Emirates
Sept 7 2005
The 17th annual International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) took place
in Poland in August 2005 with the participation of about 270 school
children from 72 countries. According to the regulations students up
to 20 years old (who have been in school at least for the last six
months) can participate.
During its 10 years of participation Armenia for the first time
achieved gold medal. Vahe Musoyan was the star of the team and he
succeeded in gathering 511 units out of a total of 600.
Is one medal enough? Based on the regulations some 12 percent of the
participants get gold medals, which amounts to a total of 24 medals.
Each country has the right to participate with four contestants,
regardless of its size. There are countries, such as China, USA,
Russia and Republic of Korea, etc, that aspire to get gold medals for
all their four participants. In those countries favorable conditions
have been set to meet the requirements of the contestants, through
organizing training sessions, granting University admissions and the
least to say by enjoying facilities, such as training locations and
the opportunity to meet other people and to diversify their knowledge
and abilities.
Having in mind the above mentioned basic requirements we can consider
Vahe Musoyan's gold medal as a great achievement.
Does this medal reflect the level of the Informatics as a subject
taught in Armenian schools? Armen Andreasyan, the head of the Armenian
delegation answers in one word: NO. Read More
He says to www.azad-hye.com, "the medal is the result of the talent,
abilities and the efforts of Vahe Musoyan himself. He has aimed to get
this medal through had work for the last four years, getting every year
better in solving algorithmic problems. He has already participated
in the Olympiads for the last three times acquiring two bronze medals"
(see last year's correspondence in our website).
Mr. Armen Andreasyan has been training the Armenian team in the
special school call Kvant for the last 3 and half years. He says that
unfortunately the subject of Informatics is neglected in Armenian
schools. The number of teachers is not enough and the knowledge base
of the existing ones is not sufficient. Informatics is not one of the
subjects required to enter University. Therefore it has been pushed
away from the main stream subjects.
On the question, why the other participants did not get medals, Mr.
Andreasyan admits that results of the other members of the team were
below the expectations and they should be considered to be low. Vahe
Gulyan for example gathered 240 units, which were not enough to get
a bronze medal. Armen Mnatsakanyan scored 228 units. The reason seems
to be the level of the preparation. In many countries special summer
sessions take place to develop the abilities of the students. There are
Olympiad centers, summer and winter courses, internet training sites,
but in Armenia these conditions are available only in few places.
There is another problem. The participants of the International
Olympiad of Informatics in Armenia have two choices: either to
prepare themselves to University entry level general examinations or
to devote their time to IOI trainings. It is becoming hard to achieve
good results in both. Therefore those who are opting for the first
one are not finding enough time to train for the Olympiad and are
consequently scoring humble results.
We congratulate the Armenian team and their training teacher and hope
that this year's achievement will inspire them all to have better
results next year.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Azad-Hye, United Arab Emirates
Sept 7 2005
The 17th annual International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) took place
in Poland in August 2005 with the participation of about 270 school
children from 72 countries. According to the regulations students up
to 20 years old (who have been in school at least for the last six
months) can participate.
During its 10 years of participation Armenia for the first time
achieved gold medal. Vahe Musoyan was the star of the team and he
succeeded in gathering 511 units out of a total of 600.
Is one medal enough? Based on the regulations some 12 percent of the
participants get gold medals, which amounts to a total of 24 medals.
Each country has the right to participate with four contestants,
regardless of its size. There are countries, such as China, USA,
Russia and Republic of Korea, etc, that aspire to get gold medals for
all their four participants. In those countries favorable conditions
have been set to meet the requirements of the contestants, through
organizing training sessions, granting University admissions and the
least to say by enjoying facilities, such as training locations and
the opportunity to meet other people and to diversify their knowledge
and abilities.
Having in mind the above mentioned basic requirements we can consider
Vahe Musoyan's gold medal as a great achievement.
Does this medal reflect the level of the Informatics as a subject
taught in Armenian schools? Armen Andreasyan, the head of the Armenian
delegation answers in one word: NO. Read More
He says to www.azad-hye.com, "the medal is the result of the talent,
abilities and the efforts of Vahe Musoyan himself. He has aimed to get
this medal through had work for the last four years, getting every year
better in solving algorithmic problems. He has already participated
in the Olympiads for the last three times acquiring two bronze medals"
(see last year's correspondence in our website).
Mr. Armen Andreasyan has been training the Armenian team in the
special school call Kvant for the last 3 and half years. He says that
unfortunately the subject of Informatics is neglected in Armenian
schools. The number of teachers is not enough and the knowledge base
of the existing ones is not sufficient. Informatics is not one of the
subjects required to enter University. Therefore it has been pushed
away from the main stream subjects.
On the question, why the other participants did not get medals, Mr.
Andreasyan admits that results of the other members of the team were
below the expectations and they should be considered to be low. Vahe
Gulyan for example gathered 240 units, which were not enough to get
a bronze medal. Armen Mnatsakanyan scored 228 units. The reason seems
to be the level of the preparation. In many countries special summer
sessions take place to develop the abilities of the students. There are
Olympiad centers, summer and winter courses, internet training sites,
but in Armenia these conditions are available only in few places.
There is another problem. The participants of the International
Olympiad of Informatics in Armenia have two choices: either to
prepare themselves to University entry level general examinations or
to devote their time to IOI trainings. It is becoming hard to achieve
good results in both. Therefore those who are opting for the first
one are not finding enough time to train for the Olympiad and are
consequently scoring humble results.
We congratulate the Armenian team and their training teacher and hope
that this year's achievement will inspire them all to have better
results next year.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress