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The Minister of education presided over the ceremony of the business awards of the Chemistry Olympiad

15/12/2009

December 15, 2009

The Minister of education, Ángel Gabilondo, chaired on December 14 the of the Chemistry Olympiad business awards ceremony, award received by four students who won this year the National Chemistry Olympiad. The prize, organized by the chemical Forum and society, is a commitment to employment upon completion of his studies by four companies in the chemical sector, which in this edition are the multinational Basf, Bayer, Brenntag and Dow Chemical.

The business award, which was awarded for the first time in 2005, aims to recognize knowledge and the work done by the students, as well as to promote the social recognition of the values of the effort demonstrated. It consists in the delivery of a letter of understanding, signed by the Chief Executive of a chemical company, in which the company is committed to offer the first job opportunity to the student at the time they end their studies.

The ceremony, attended also the interventions of the Coordinator of the ' year international of the chemistry-2011' of the Royal Society Spanish of Química (RSEQ) Bernardo Herradón, the Coordinator of the National Olympiad of chemistry of the National Association of chemical Spain (although) Cartagena Carmen Maria, and the President of the Federation business of the industry chemistry Española (Feique), Fernando Iturrieta.