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Three high school students get their first opportunity to work after winning the National Chemistry Olympiad

13/12/2005

on December 13, 2005

The National Chemistry Olympiad is a project that organizes every year the Ministry of education and science, since 1995, in collaboration with the National Association of chemical Spain and the Royal Spanish society of chemistry. High school students have access to it by their schools and undergo theoretical evidence and practices that put to test their knowledge and skill in the laboratory.

Following the entry of the business of the industry chemistry Spanish Federation (Feique) as a collaborating entity of the National Chemistry Olympiad, this year three companies undertake to offer to the winners their first job opportunity. The delivery of this commitment by the companies was held on November 15, day of chemistry, within the framework of Expoquimia.

At a time when scientific vocations are scarce and that the draft organic law of education continues reducing and putting the teaching of scientific subjects, Repsol YPF, Bayer and Mc Bride Spain have wanted to bet on these Olympic students. The winners received at the hands of the delegate Councillor of Bayer, Francisco Belil, the Director of the area chemistry of Repsol YPF, Antonio Gomis and the Director Industrial of Mc Bride Spain, Joaquín Díez, the accreditation that will allow them to start their professional career.

Antonio Freire, Rubén Fernández, Alberto Osuna and the winners are Granada, Mataró and Vigo, respectively, and the three were presented to the National Chemistry Olympiad after winning in local ratings. In the end they won not only proof Gold Medal of his triumph and an economic amount, but also your first job opportunity.

In 2005, Alberto Osuna, Institute of education secondary "Generalife" of Granada, Rubén Fernández, of the school Escola PIA Santa Anna in Mataró, and Antonio Freire, of the "2 rosais" Institute of Vigo, won the gold medal after overcoming local rounds and faced with more than 130 students in the national final held in the Asturian town of Luarca.