Mempersiapkan Generasi Sobat Bumi Berprestasi bersama OSN-PERTAMINA 2012

10 September 2012 15:40 WIB

Jakarta, The commitment of PT. Pertamina (Persero) in increasing the quality of universities in Indonesia again is proven through the Pertamina National Science Olympic (OSN-Pertamina) 2012. Entering its fifth year, PT. Pertamina (Persero) together with University of Indonesia (UI) as its partner and supported by the General Director of High Education of the Indonesia Ministry of Education, promote the theme "Creating Performance Earth Friendly Generation".

Seeing the success in 2011, in which more than 16,748 participants took part in the OSN Pertamina 2011 selection, the organizer targets more than 18,000 university students to be competing in OSN-Pertamina 2012 to win total prize of Rp 2.8 billion. The competition comprise of three phases: registration of participants, province-level selection (the elimination rounds will be held simultaneously in 33 provinces on 25 September 2012. The province-level final will be held on 8 October 2012), and the national level selection will be held on 26-30 November 2012.

Registration is available online through website www.osnpertamina.com from 23 July to 15 September 2012.

OSN-Pertamina 2012 is open for all university sophomores and above, and not the winners of the previous year OSN-Pertamina and have never participated in international science olympics. For smooth running of OSN-PERTAMINA 2012, the organizer has developed a series of competition categories, comprising Theory and Science Project. The Theory category includes Mathematics, Physics, Chemical, and Biology. Meanwhile the Science Project category is designed to select group winners that have innovative works and Applied Science in energy and its development which will be presented in prototype form in front of Board of Juries.

OSN-Pertamina 2012 is part of PT. Pertamina's CSR program for education sector as the implementation of Pertamina vision to educate Indonesia generation. The OSN-Pertamina 2012 is hoped to produce Indonesia new science-savvy generation in order to increase the quality of Indonesia human resource particularly in science and who can give contribution to the development of science world.