Kazakhstan

„National Biology Olympiad“

Kazakhstan

Contact data

E-mail:
daryn.intel@gmail.com
Website:
Official website

Country coordinators

Name:
Ilyas Sakimov
Ilyas Sakimov
Name:
Leila Askarova

Hosting institution

Republican Scientific and Practical centre Daryn of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan
8 Mangilik El, 204
Astana
010000, Astana
KAZ, Kazakhstan

Structure

Appointing institution

National Olympiad is held by Republican Scientific and Practical centre daryn of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan

www.daryn.kz

Organization & structure

National Olympiad consist of 4 stages. The first stage is school, the second is the district, the third is regional, the fourth is the republican (national).

Number of students in first round

1 000 000

Tests

School, district and regional olympiads the exam consists of two parts. The first part is multiple choice questions and the second part is problem solving (including graphs, calculations, filling tables,labeling diagrams etc.)

National level also consists of two parts. The first part includes multiple choice and true/falls questions and the second part is problems solving.

Training

There is a 12 days training camp for IBO participants focused on practical skills and past IBOs review.

Study materials

Special materials like university textbooks syllabus of foreign lectures special courses with foreign scientists helps to our students to score in NBO and of course hard training helps to member of national team to score in IBO

Awards & prizes

NBO winners recieve diplomas, and prizes like laptops, smartphone etc.

Education

Type of students

in NBO can participate the winners of the firstcoming stage

School year

1 September - 1 June

Biology hours/week

2-4 depending on school

Hours of Classes/week

2-4

Public Relations

Promotion

3-4 month before schools recieve official letters about NBO from the Ministry of Education. Also, information is posted on the social media (Facebook, Instragram etc.)

Promotion contact

Press manager of Republican Scientific and Practical centre daryn of the Ministry of Education.

Statistics over the years
  • 2022: 185 students from 112 schools (0% of eligible schools)
  • 2021: 139 students from 67 schools (0% of eligible schools)
  • 2020: 75 students from 44 schools (0% of eligible schools)
  • 2019: 131 students from 0 schools (0% of eligible schools)
  • 2018: 130 students from 0 schools (0% of eligible schools)
  • 2017: 126 students from 0 schools (0% of eligible schools)
  • 2016: 126 students from 0 schools (0% of eligible schools)

Statistics only covers the final stage (National Olympiad), because all schools in Kazakhstan participate on the first (school) level.