Daniel Orellana Sanjuan, a 2nd year high school student from IES Costa Teguise, has achieved the feat of being the first student from Lanzarote to qualify for the national phase of the Biology Olympiad, after being selected as one of the three representatives from the islands in the regional phase, held over the weekend in Gran Canaria.
Daniel, who attended with two classmates and the center's teacher Patricia Castro, obtained excellent results in the various tests of the Canary Biology Olympiad, which took place at the Faculty of Marine Sciences of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, so he will travel from March 23 to 26 to Barcelona to compete in the decisive national phase.
This is a historic milestone, not only for this institute, but for the entire island of Lanzarote, as he is the first student from Lanzarote to have qualified for the final in the 18 editions of this event held to date, which have so far been dominated by young people from the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife. If he passes the national phase, Daniel would even have the possibility of attending the Ibero-American and International Olympiad.
The entire educational community of IES Costa Teguise, as well as the rest of the teachers and students of Lanzarote who also attended the event, highlight the achievement of Daniel Orellana, "without a doubt a very important achievement for a smaller island."
The Spanish Biology Olympiad Association (AOEB), an organization made up of teachers from secondary schools and universities throughout the national territory, celebrates its coming of age this year in the organization of these tests, which have the support of the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, in order to involve high school students in the development of this science and promote its dissemination.
