Stavropol State Agrarian University will host the qualifying stage of the All-Russian competition for schoolchildren «AgroNTRY-2024», organized by the Innovation Promotion Foundation together with the non-profit organization «Association of Educational Institutions of Agriculture and Fisheries», GC «CenteRprogramSystem» with the support of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

The competition is held specifically for rural schoolchildren in order to increase the prestige of the professions of the agro-industrial complex, to provide acquaintance and training in the basics of advanced digital technologies in the agro-industrial complex. Students will be able to interact directly with technology development companies and study full-time at university sites, even if the school is not equipped with equipment to prepare for the Competition.

The competition was approved by the order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and is included in the list of events that give additional points to the Unified State Exam when applying to specialized educational organizations. The winners of the final have the opportunity to qualify for the Innoshkolnik shift at the Artek International Children's Center.

This year, the competitive selection on our site will be held in three categories: «AgroBio», «Agrobots» and «Agro-Rovers» in three stages:

1. Correspondence stage: from April 4 to April 19, 2024 — online testing;

2. Full-time regional stage: May-June 2024;

3. Final: September 2024

The main resources of the competition are: the official website, VKontakte community, the Telegram channel.

Contact person: Valeria V. Khvorost, 8 (909) 771-76-49.