The winners of the first Interuniversity Olympiad on Political Science "Individual in the World of Politics" were announced in the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

The Olympiad was held among the first and second- year students of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Grodno State Agrarian University, Grodno State Medical University and Grodno branch of the BIP-Institute of Law.

The competition took place in three stages. At the first stage participants were offered to answer 60 questions of test tasks on various modules of the course "Political Science. Basic concepts of the ideology of Belarus". At the second stage the contestants wrote essays.

The organizers of the Olympiad said: "The main field of scientific opposition developed within the framework of the task performance, that is writing essays on such topics as politics, power and civil society, public administration, democracy, the current political process, civil position".

The final stage of the competition was a blitz speech. The students presented for the jury the rationale for choosing the topic of the heuristic task and argued the conclusions drawn in the essay. The jury evaluated the quality of self-presentation, imagery, colorfulness, brevity and persuasiveness of the presentation of the material. The observation of the time parameter was also taken into account.

The winners of the Olympiad were Olga Mikhaylova, the second- year student of the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, and Elizaveta Shishkina, the first- year student of Grodno branch of the BIP-Institute of Law.

Karina Savitskaya, the first year student of the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, and Olga Kisel, the first -year student of Grodno State Medical University took a second place.

The third place was shared by Alexander Mazurov, the first-year student of the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Yanka Kupala State University, and Anna Zayko, the first-year student of Grodno State Agrarian University.

The Olympiad is focused on identifying and supporting of clever and talented students in the field of liberal education. Holding this intellectual competition, the organizers have been intended for developing students' creative abilities for scientific work, deepening their creative knowledge, practical skills and interest in social and political processes, striving for political self-education, developing the skills of management decision-making and giving a chance to take the initiative and independence.