High school students from Chuvashia are silver medalists of the School League of the CASE–IN Championship

The team of high school students from Novocheboksarsk won the silver awards of the School League of the VIII season The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" − one of the projects of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". During the final of the School League, Chuvash schoolchildren presented ideas for recycling plastic waste in a conditional special economic zone in the city of Tobolsk. The reward for high school students will be additional USE points.

155 teams competed for a place in the finals of the School League. The 13 finalist teams represented the cities of Guy, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Novosibirsk, Novocheboksarsk, Svobodny, Stavropol, Tomsk and Cheremkhovo. SIBUR, JSC SO UES, Prosoft-Systems engineering company and Tyumen Industrial University acted as partners of the School League.

The finalists were greeted by Alexey Komissarov, Director General of ANO Russia – the Land of Opportunities: "Many teams of schoolchildren conducted real research at the stage of face-to-face defense: they conducted public surveys, met with representatives of local companies and housing and communal services enterprises. The task that the guys faced in the finals is even more difficult than during the qualifying stages. Each participant gained invaluable experience and new acquaintances, and the champions will receive additional points for the Unified State Exam and a special award: an educational trip to Tobolsk to visit SIBUR's state–of-the-art petrochemical plant ZapSibNeftekhim.

The silver medalist of the School League was the SMK team from the Chuvash Republic − students of the Energy Class of PJSC RusHydro at the Lyceum No. 18 in Novocheboksarsk, Maria Chirkina (team captain), Alexandra Zotova, Ekaterina Ilyina and Mikhail Gerasimov.

The case "The cycle of hydrocarbons in everyday life and industry", which was solved by the finalists, was devoted to the collection and recycling of waste from various plastic materials.

Based on the results of the assignments, the high school students came up with activities to draw public attention to responsible consumption, developed a memo on the proper disposal of garbage and mock-ups of posters for social advertising focused on environmental protection, designed separate trash collection baskets for homes and offices.

The Novocheboksarsk team proposed the creation of a special economic zone "SiNTEZ – Tobol" and the development of production with minimal environmental impact ("zero" emissions).

In order to change the behavior of residents to a more responsible one, the silver medalists suggested developing special applications for smartphones. App users will receive points for sorting and disposing of garbage, which can be exchanged for discounts and goods, and educational games will be provided for children.

The first place in the competition was taken by the team "Engineers of the hidden sheet" from Novosibirsk, the bronze medals went to the team "Iron Cadres" from Kemerovo.

"The School League competitions are designed to teach high school students how to work in a team, search for and analyze information, generate and present ideas. One of the main tasks of this season's case study "CASE-IN"to teach schoolchildren responsible consumption and respect for nature," said the founder and co−chairman of the organizing committee of the championship "CASE-IN" Artem Korolev.

The case for schoolchildren was developed based on the materials of PJSC SIBUR Holding.

"We believe that it is important to start building a professional career from school. And the case championship format allows you to develop skills that will be useful in the engineering profession in the future: the ability to work in a team, argue your point of view, present projects, work with a large amount of data and critically assess the situation. And all this in a limited time mode! As a company, we value these qualities. So "CASE-IN" is a great opportunity to prove yourself as a leader. In addition, we consider the championship as a platform to introduce schoolchildren to SIBUR: to talk about the importance of an informed attitude to the environment, the development of production technologies and digitalization, and the complexity of the tasks being solved. And of course, working at the federal level, we try to unlock the potential of the petrochemical industry for the participants, the advantages of choosing engineering professions when applying to university," commented Albina Labashova, Director of Human Resources Management at SIBUR.

The finalists' ideas were evaluated by experts from industry companies and organizations, including SIBUR, a branch of PJSC RusHydro, the Corporate University of Hydropower, the Novosibirsk branch of Siberian Generating Company LLC, Rosseti Volga PJSC, Energy Storage Systems LLC, and teachers from Irkutsk National Research Technical University and Tyumen Industrial University., as well as representatives of the NGO "Russia – the land of opportunities".

Winners and prize-winners of the School League finals "CASE-IN" they will receive from 1 to 10 additional USE points upon admission to 19 partner universities of the championship. The champion team will get a trip to Tobolsk to visit Russia's largest petrochemical complex ZapSibNeftekhim.

Traditionally, the final of the School League "CASE-IN" it included educational activities. Oksana Mustafina, SIBUR's brand development, recruitment and HR communications expert, presented the company's youth policy during the meeting "How a talent can find itself in the industrial sector." She told the students about her personal and professional qualities that will help future specialists join the SIBUR team and achieve success.

Representatives of the Association of Trainers of the Russian Youth Union held a master class "Personal effectiveness Life Hacks: use your phone effectively" and a quiz "Brain-case».

"The Championship "CASE-IN" for schoolchildren, this season is not over yet. We are waiting for the final of the engineering solutions competition, where teams of grades 6-10 will present operating devices related to new technologies for the production, transmission, distribution and consumption of thermal and electrical energy. After the summer holidays, the Autumn Cup, which has already become traditional, will begin "CASE-IN", in which any high school student can take part, regardless of the region of residence. Students of Russian universities and young specialists from companies in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes will also join the Autumn Cup," Artem Korolev summed up the event.