Thai students shine at primary maths world contest

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Thai students shine at primary maths world contest

By Sutthinan Kongsin 
The Nation

 

Thai students won 34 medals at the Po Leung Kuk Primary Mathematics World Contest 2017 held in Hong Kong from July 15-20.

 

The students, accompanied by teachers and Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) deputy chief Suchitra Pattanaphum, arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 10pm on Thursday and were warmly welcomed and congratulated by their parents and teachers.

 

Besides the Suteetorn School's team of four, invited directly by the organisers, Obec sent three other teams to the contest, Obec's Bureau of Educational Innovation Development head Nitwadee Charoenkiatboworn said.

 

Besides the 34 medals the 16 Thai students pocketed from 19 contest categories, the Suteetorn School team also won the cultural performance award, she said.

 

The contest brought together 36 teams from Thailand, China, Taiwan, South Africa, Bulgaria, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Mongolia, the US, and Australia.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30321396

 

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[geovalin]

[Orton Rd]

In spite of a govt School rather than due to, probably all went to Kumon or similar on a Sat morning, or maybe genius level then they hardly needed any help from the start. Last time I was at the airport a young Thai girl serving in a shop needed a calculator to add up 35 and 10, and took a while to do that!

Edited July 21, 2017 by Orton Rd

[Jip99]

4 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

In spite of a govt School rather than due to, probably all went to Kumon or similar on a Sat morning, or maybe genius level then they hardly needed any help from the start. Last time I was at the airport a young Thai girl serving in a shop needed a calculator to add up 35 and 10, and took a while to do that!

 

 

 

.... and again, to work out your change from a 100 Baht note......

[carlyai]

I think that's great. It's sometimes unfortunate that students don't graduate from primary school, but high school.

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[SOTIRIOS]

...2 questions....

 

1)...'Won' or 'were awarded'....???

 

2)...Did anyone at the 'competition' not walk away with a medal....???

[inThailand]

Were they allowed to use calculators?

[hutchings1963]

I BET THEY HAD THERE PHONES HANDY

[inThailand]

8 minutes ago, hutchings1963 said:

I BET THEY HAD THERE PHONES HANDY

Yes, times have changed they can download the calculator app, much handier!

[Cadbury]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

primary maths world contest

A couple of those boys could pass as university graduates. What are they doing in primary school maths competitions? 

[Bluespunk]

Lot of negativity in the air today...

Edited July 21, 2017 by Bluespunk