Mysuru: L.B. Akshay, a class 8 student of Sri Sharada Public School, Mysuru, has secured International Rank 3 in the International General Knowledge Olympiad exam conducted by Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF). He also bagged a bronze medal, merit certificate and Rs. 10,000 cash prize.
Students from over 45,000 schools of 1,400 cities across 30 countries participated in six categories of SOF Olympiad exams during 2017-18. In all, around 45 lakh students appeared in the 2017-18 Olympiad exams of which there were 19,823 students from Mysuru.
The top 25 Principals and top 50 teachers — from 30 countries — whose students put up an exceptional performance at international-level, were also felicitated with cash awards, mementos and citations.
SOF conducts six Olympiad exams including: National Cyber Olympiad (NCO), National Science Olympiad (NSO), International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO), International English Olympiad (IEO), International General Knowledge Olympiad (IGKO) and International Company Secretaries Olympiad (ICSO).
This post was published on June 9, 2018 6:23 pm