Syria Won Bronze Medal and Appreciation Certificate in the First Cyberspace Mathematical Competition

The Syrian Scientific Olympiad team won a bronze medal and  an appreciation certificate  at  the first international cyberspace Mathematical Competition ( CMC ) which was organized  via the internet  on July  the 13th and 14th by  the  American Mathematical  Society  ( AMS ). 

The Distinction  and Creativity Agency  stated in a statement to SANA  that the bronze medal was won by student Al-Hussein Hayyan Khalil of the 11th grade  from  “Fahim Muhammad” Secondary School in Tartous  governorate, while the Certificate of Appreciation was gained  by Alaa Eddin Ahmed  of the 11th grade from  Al-Basel Secondary School for Outstanding Students in Aleppo province.

The Syrian team participating in the competition included eight members  from  Damascus, Aleppo and Tartous”, where all the required technical measures were taken by  the competition’s organizing committee  including  broadcasting a live  video  of students  when  they were  submitting the online  tests from their places. 

The competition  consisted of  two  five hour-long rounds  during which  the students solved high-level problems in algebra and geometry which  were similar to those of the World Olympiad competitions.

The participation in this Olympiad is  an important preparatory step  for the Syrian Olympiad team  to participate in the world Mathematical  Olympiad, which will be organized by Russia “remotely”  next  September..

It is worth mentioning that the Syrian scientific Olympiad  team has won five bronze medals and five certificates of appreciation in the Asia-Pacific Olympiad for Mathematics competitions  which were organized by Indonesia via the Internet on the 10th  of last March with the participation of about fifty countries.

Rawaa Ghanam