Congratulations are in order for the 9 Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) students at Sunway University College, who came in the top 10% and 25% in the 33rd annual Euclid Mathematics Competition, organised by the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada recently.
The students in the top 10% were Caroline Villy (79), Chandra Fernandes (78), Jodhi Putra (77) and Liu Wei Wei (74). The top 25% were Alex (72), Sun Suishen (69), Kazi Tasneem (63), Edi Sudianto (62) and Randy Aliyanto (60).
The competition was open to students in the final year of secondary schools in Canada as well as international students in Canadian programmes. The aim of the competition is to provide students with an opportunity to develop their mathematical problem solving ability.
The students prepared for the competition by joining a math club in which they were given selected problems to solve once a week. The students had two and a half months to prepare. The competition itself was a 2.5 hour written test and took place on 17 April. Marks were given not only for answers but for expression of the answers.
Leon Varga, a math lecturer of the Sunway CIMP said “The Euclid Competition is aimed at top young mathematicians in the world as it requires not only knowledge but creativity to solve the often challenging questions”. He added “It is certainly an accomplishment for our students and a reflection of the bright young people we have in CIMP”.
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