The twenty-four finalists of the Social Science Olympiad were rewarded this Saturday, May 9th

Nearly 500 students of the last grade of secondary school from Wallonia participated in the fourth edition of the Social Science Olympiads 'OLYSSO', an initiative of the French Olympiad Association 'Francolympiades.' Amandine and Perrine Laridon Morimont of the Collège de Christ-Roi won the first prize.

The final contest was held at the Ministry of Education. In the morning, the finalists made their presentations in small groups before the jury. The winners of each category (health, citizenship and social cohesion, education and media) held  their presentations to all jury members composed of MPs David Clarinval and Ahmed Laaouej, regional deputies Hamza Fassi Fihri and Alain Philippe Maron and academicians Soutmans, Erkan Toguslu, Huseyin Cakmak, Pascaline Delchambre and Luis Lopez.

Winners Laridon Amandine and Perrine Morimont were rewarded with a price of 250 euros for their research on the jury. They also gained the opportunity to do a social work placement abroad.
Winners in each category:

Social Cohesion and Citizenship

Justine Dinaut / Institut Saint Peter and Paul
Access to the workplace for people with disabilities

Health

Sarah Oswald / Institut Cardijn-Lorraine Athus
Phobias

Education

Amandine and Perrine Laridon Morimont / Chist King College

The jury

Media

Wojcik Clara / College of the Sacred Heart of Charleroi

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