Students from Pazardzhik in the Top 5 of the European Statistics Olympiad

Students from the Professional High School of Economics and Management in Pazardzhik ranked fifth in the 14-16 age category at the European Statistics Olympiad. The team, comprising ninth-graders Stefani Popova, Stefani Tonova, and Alexander Vasilev, represented Bulgaria with an impressive original film that showcases the country using official statistical data. Their mentors are teachers Albena and Milena Gălăbovi.

The award ceremony took place at the National Library “St. St. Kyril and Methodius” and was the first of its kind for Bulgaria. For the first time, Bulgaria hosted this forum, which this year attracted a record 9096 teams from nearly 29,000 students from 22 countries, competing in two age categories – 14-16 and 16-18.

In the under-16 category, the first place was awarded to a team from Cyprus, while the winners in the older category came from Greece. The awards for the winners were presented by Mariana Koteva, Director-General of Eurostat, with other notable figures participating, including Assoc. Prof. Atanas Atanasov, Chair of the National Statistical Institute, and Elena Mansanera Dias from the Spanish Statistical Office.

Before the official ceremony, an exhibition titled “Bulgarian Lands and Modern Statistics” was inaugurated, featuring 13 bilingual panels with documents and publications from the collections of the National Library and the National Statistical Institute, tracing the development of statistics in Bulgaria from the 19th century.

Source: nova.bg