The qualifying stages of the CASE-IN Championship School League have been launched in St. Petersburg

10 school teams from St. Petersburg became participants of the first regional qualifying stage XII The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". The project is included in the Science to Win initiative and the plan The Decade of Science and Technology, which takes place in Russia in 2022-2031., is being implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social Elevators for everyone" of the national project "Education".

The school league is traditionally held in two directions: teams of high school students (grades 9-11) They solve cases on current production situations, and students in grades 3-11, depending on their age, complete tasks on engineering and technical creativity.

At the first regional selection stage in the direction of "Solving the case", which took place within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Educational Forum at school No. 334 in the Nevsky district with the support of the St. Petersburg Education Committee and the administration of the Nevsky district of St. Petersburg, participants solved a task on the main theme of the season "Lean Manufacturing".

Artyom Korolev, founder and co-chairman of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship, introduced the audience to the format of the championships and emphasized the interest of industrial companies in promising personnel.

Maria Rezayeva, a prize-winner of the Student League of the CASE-IN Championship, an employee of JSC System Operator of the Unified Energy System, conducted a master class on solving engineering cases.

In turn, Mangalam Dubey, director of the Indian-Russian Cultural Community, suggested developing a system of engineering competitions in one of the schools in India.

At the qualifying stage, school teams analyzed the state of one of the priority industries in Russia and developed solutions that will allow this industry to develop more efficiently based on lean manufacturing tools.

10 teams from 9 educational institutions of St. Petersburg participated in the defense of decisions before experts: schools №№327, 328, 334, 342, 348, 667, 707, as well as lyceums Nos. 410 and 513.

The Gentlemen team, which included students of school No. 334 Daniil Bob, Roman Gryaznov, Anton Mikelov and Vitaly Minenkov, was recognized as the winner of the qualifying competition.

Silver was won by another team of school No. 334 – Zolotnik: Andrey Andreev, Mikhail Veretennikov, Maxim Zolotarev, Alexey Kobzev.

The top three were completed by students of school No. 707 Mikhail Filippov, Maxim Malov, Maria Loginova and Daria Karnaukh, united in the Capybara team.

The final of the CASE-IN championship will be held in Moscow at the end of May 2024. In a competition with the best schoolchildren from all over the country, representatives of the Northern Capital will tell the expert community about their ideas and will be able to get acquainted with the largest companies in Russia.

The champions and prize-winners of the School League will receive  additional USE points for admission to bachelor's degree programs at one of the partner universities of the championship. In addition, they will receive invitations to industry youth educational forums and will be able to travel around Russia as part of the "More than a Trip" program.

The organizers of the CASE-IN championship are the Reliable Change Foundation, the Non-profit Partnership Youth Forum of Mining Leaders and AstraLogica LLC.

The project is being implemented using a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society.