In light of the current worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, International Biology Olympiad scheduled to be held in Nagasaki, Japan was conducted as a remotely conducted competition, IBO Challenge 2020.
Practical and Theory examinations were conducted as remote examinations at University of Sri Jayewardenepua based on the papers we received from Japan.
Two Practical exams (Animal Physiology, 3 hours and Bioinformatics, 1.5 hours) were conducted on August 11th. Two theoretical exams (each one with six hours) were conducted on August 12th, 2020.
Following Sri Lankan Participants won Bronze medals
- ABBINANTHAN, ARULANANTHAM
- DHANAPALA, DHANAPALA MUDIYANSELAGE NILUSHI NAVODYA
- MALAVIGE, SAUNI RUWANIMA
Following Participant won Meri award
- MUNASINGHE, SAMIDHI MANTHILANI
See full results here