December 12, the Faculty of Science Education held a republican seminar for biology teachers on the basis of the intensive program devoted to preparation of students for All-Russian Olympiads in Biology and Ecology. Biology teachers from Batyrevsky, Krasnoarmeysky, Cheboksary, Urmarsky Districts and the cities of Cheboksary, Novocheboksarsk and Kanash took part in the seminar.
The problems of preparing students for the regional and final stages of the All-Russian Olympiad for students in biology and ecology were discussed at the seminar. Elena Saperova, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Biology and Fundamentals of Medical Knowledge, Chairperson of the Substantive Methodical Commission of the regional stage of the Secondary School for Biology, told the teachers about the work of the intensive program. Teachers and board members discussed preparations for the regional level of biology school olympiad. Marina Kupriyanova, Chairwoman of the Methodology Board for Ecology, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Biology and Fundamentals of Medical Knowledge, reported on changes in the criteria for evaluating the works and the performance of students with research papers at the regional level of the School Olympiad in Ecology.

December 16, 2019
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