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More than 200 students of the Region compete in the LV edition of the Mathematical Olympiad (18/01/2019)

More than 200 Secondary Education and Secondary Education students from 20 schools in the Region of Murcia compete in the local phase of the Mathematical Olympiad, organized by the University of Murcia, the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, the Seneca Foundation and the regional government.

Prior to the tests, which take place in this edition at the IES Isaac Peral in Cartagena on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the educational center, the vice-rector of students at the University of Murcia, Cristina Sánchez, pointed out that these Olympics help young people decide on the choice of studies, something that has also shared the general director of Educational Quality, Francisco José Martínez, who said that with these tests takes up the playful part of mathematics, as well as the visibility of the subject, according to the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón.

The rector of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), Alejandro Díaz, stressed that scientific-technological dissemination is fundamental to the current demand of professionals in these sectors.

In this sense, he pointed out that careers such as engineering, architecture or the studies of business sciences contain mathematics.

The rector has assured that "the future is assured when one decides to study a technological career".

On the other hand, the general director of Universities, Juan Monzó, has informed that this year the Region will beat the Olympic record, in which in total more than 3,500 students will participate.

"We do it to take care of the talent and to strengthen the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) that are so necessary," he added, adding that many of the students who attend the regional Olympics then go to university and it is a way they discover their vocation ", the general director has finished.

Source: Universidad de Murcia

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