It is possible to enlist to the competition up to December 22, 1999, the competition papers must be ready for April 30, 1999, and the best participants will be rewarded in June 2000. The detailed instructions for the competition will be published in ''Õpetajate Leht'' (Teachers' Paper). The competition has two age groups secondary school and elementary school.
The pupils' research papers competitions for the prize of the President were started in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1973, and the idea comes from the Körber foundation in Hamburg. In the present time, similar competitions are taking place in many European countries, in Estonia the initiator has been the Estonian History Teachers' Society.
Press Service of the Office of the President
Kadriorg, November 6, 1999
