XXVI International Philosophical Olympiad in Montenegro

This competition, whose working language is English, brought together a hundred high school students from fifty European countries, the USA, Japan, China, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, India, Russia, Australia... with a hundred professors and ten honored guests
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city ​​of Bar, Photo: Anto Baković
city ​​of Bar, Photo: Anto Baković
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Ažurirano: 24.05.2018. 15:41h

The XXVI International Philosophical Olympiad (IPO) was opened in Bar, organized by the Association of Philosophy Professors and the Federation of World Associations of Philosophers (FISP) and under the general patronage of the Ministry of Education of Montenegro. Under the auspices of UNESCO, IPO represents one of the two largest and most prestigious world competitions for high school students.

This competition, whose working language is English, brought together a hundred high school students from fifty European countries, the USA, Japan, China, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, India, Russia, Australia... with a hundred professors and ten honored guests. The competition consists of writing an essay on a given topic, within four hours, and this year's topic is the environment

"The patronage of UNESCO means that this competition is given the greatest possible value, and all its participants, regardless of whether they won a medal or not, just with the belief that they performed, receive additional points and scholarships for admission to elite universities. Unfortunately, this is not yet practice in our country, because in Montenegro, the winners of the state competition in philosophy, i.e. the qualification for the IPO, do not receive points for admission to the faculty, because of the winners of other school state competitions", the president of the Organizing Committee of the Olympiad, Prof. Jasminka Milošević, Secretary General of the Association of Philosophy Professors of Montenegro and member of the IPO Board of Directors.

Milošević thanked the Secondary Economic and Hospitality School, Rotarians, "Allegra", City Restaurant and "Turist" and "Princess" for their support in Bar. Pointing out that some of the most famous professors of philosophy in the world are now attending the IPO in Bar, she added that FISP has officially existed for 130 years, "and unofficially for 1900 years", and that the first meeting of this kind was organized back in XNUMX.

The IPO will be closed with the distribution of medals on Saturday evening in the SO Bar hall, and the informal closing is on Sunday at noon in the "Prinses" hotel, which hosted the Olympics.

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