The first selection tour of the contest, which was held on April 3, involved 380 students of 173 schools from 25 districts of the Republic of Tatarstan. Under the terms of the first tour, students, divided into two age groups (7-9th and 10-11thgrades), should had answered 100 questions in 10 subjects in 100 minutes.
Based on the results of the first tour, the jury of the heads of institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, has decided to admit 230 participants that responded to more than 50 percent of the selection tour questions to the second selection tour, and only 45 of them – the contestants with the highest scores will continue the contest to get the victory in “Erudite”. The other participants will have the chance to participate in the category “Nano IQ” of Technopark “Idea” and in the intellectual and psychological camp “Territory WE”.
In the second tour the contestants will be suggested to answer 5 questions prepared by the Members of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan. The best two students will be awarded the title of school academics, four students – laureates.
The awarding ceremony of the Republican contest “Erudite-2011” will be held at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan at 15:00.
The contest organizers are: the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Academic Lyceum named by Lobachevskiy N.I. and Innovative Technology Park “Idea”.