Reward of the Winners of the Competition “What Do I Know about the EU?”

16.05.2014

On May 16, 2014 the winners of pupils’ competition “What Do I Know about the

EU” were rewarded with memorable prizes and diplomas. The competition had the

form of online quiz where the schoolchildren from Petrozavodsk and the Republic

of Karelia responded to the questions connected with the history of European

integration, EU institutions, its nowadays state and symbols. Besides, there was an

analytical question: “What is the future of the European Union 20 Years Later?”.

In the category “Pupils from the 4-8th

The 1 place – Uliyana Yevchenko, Segezha, grade 7A, school 5.

The 2 place – Liubov Bezmen, Petrozavodsk, grade 5A, school 20 and Daria

Kosteva, Segezha, grade 7A, school 5.

The 3 place – Victoria Kannoeva, Petrozavodsk, grade 8A, school 29 and Anne

Ashurko, Segezha, grade 7A, school 5.

In the category “Pupils from the 9-11th

The 1 place – Tatiana Bolotnikova, Petrozavodsk, grade 11A, school 10.

The 2 place – Daria Suboch, Segezha, grade 9B, school 5 and Turkan Gumbatova,

Segezha, grade 9A, school 5.

The 3 place – Irina Yakovleva, Petrozavodsk, grade 10A, school 14 and Aleksey

Nikiforov, Segezha, grade 10A, school 5. 92 pupils took part in the quiz: school

5, Segezha – 74, school 2, Medvezh’egorsk – 1, Louhi school – 1, Petrozavodsk:

school 10 -1, school 36 – 2, school 14 – 2, school 29 – 5, school 2 - 1, school 11 –

2, school 20 -1, school 40 – 2.

The schoolchildren astonished us by their knowledge of the EU and by seriousness

of their responses to the analytical question. They emphasized that while they were

preparing the answers to the questions they learnt a lot of new information about

the European Union. Therefore, the competition encouraged interest in European

research and development of knowledge about the EU among young people.

The competition was arranged within the framework of the project “Establishing

the EU in the Barents Region of Russia”, implemented under financial support of

the European Union.



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