Over 500 students from 99 schools across Poland have qualified for the regional stage of the 2nd National Logistics Olympiad. They are one step away from the grand final – a multiple-choice test, which will take place on December 10, 2009.
In October, 4,492 students from 132 schools across Poland registered for the school stage of the Olympiad. Participants had to demonstrate knowledge of topics such as: maritime transport, freight forwarding, public transport, and packaging. The best results were achieved by students from School Complex No. 1 in Wieluń, the School Complex in Częstochowa, and the District Complex No. 3 of Technical and General Schools in Oświęcim. It is from these institutions that the highest number of students qualified for the second stage. 527 people will take part in the regional competition. A multiple-choice test awaits the participants. Questions on broadly defined logistics will be more difficult this time, and the exam will not be held in their home schools, but in facilities designated by the organizer. The regional stage covers eleven districts. The test will therefore be conducted on December 10 in eleven cities: Warsaw, Poznań, Szczecin, Elbląg, Sulechów, Wrocław, Łódź, Wieluń, Sandomierz, Oświęcim, and Brzesko. The best students will qualify for the final, which will take place on March 19 at the headquarters of the International University of Logistics and Transport, the organizer of the Olympiad. The winners of the Olympiad can expect not only valuable material prizes but also an exemption from the written part of the vocational preparation exam in the professions of logistics technician and freight forwarding technician, as well as free studies at the International University of Logistics and Transport. The best school will also be recognized. The substantive partners of the Olympiad are: the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing and the Polish Logistics Society. The venture is sponsored by the following companies: Panopa Logistik Polska, Volkswagen Poznań, DPD Polska, Agrobex, DHL Express, L-systems, Elettric80, Kuehne+Nagel, and Raben. Media patronage was provided by: “Logistyka” magazine, “Polska Głos Wielkopolski”, “Polska Gazeta Transportowa”, “Logistyka a jakość”, “Transport i Spedycja”, “Nowoczesny Magazyn”, the logistyka.net.pl portal, Spedycje.pl, Forumtransportu.pl, transport.pl, and Studentnews.pl.