Seven Sancta Maria College students have qualified for entrance to a biology programme.
The NZ International Biology Olympiad (NZIBO) fosters interest, participation and excellence in biology through participation of secondary school students in the NZ Biology Olympiad Programme.
The Olympiad provides university level education in biology to students selected to participate in the online tutorial programme.
The students – Adina Anselm, Sean Carlos, Ellen Caudy, Hayley Clark, Sandra Heruela, Claudia Mistar and Adrian Vargas – sat the NZIBO Entrance National exams on September 8.
About 269 students from across New Zealand have been accepted.
The tutorial programme begins in the September school holidays and runs until May. After it is completed, the students will sit another assessment for selection of 20 students to attend the training camp hosted at one of New Zealand’s top universities for a week during July holidays.
Shane Williamson, Sancta Maria College head of department science, says, “I am exceptionally proud of all my students who qualified in this year’s NZIBO entrance exams.
“Each year the standards seem to get higher and higher.”
