By garnering a perfect score, a Filipino student has aced the just-concluded 13th Primary Mathematics World Contest (PMWC) here and helped put the Philippines on second place in the 14-nation competition.
With an 11-medal haul, the 16-member Philippine math team tied on Monday night powerhouse China in the annual contest, topped by Taiwan, which had produced two perfect scores.
Thirteen-year-old Adrian Reginald Sy, Grade 6 student of St. Jude Catholic School in Manila, was the country’s lone gold medal winner.
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Sy, who has been representing the Philippines in international math contests during the past two years, was one of only seven perfect scorers in this year’s PMWC.
The Filipino numbers aces also bagged two silver and eight bronze medals in the tough competition.
The silver medals came courtesy of Farrell Eldrian Wu from the MGC New Life Christian Academy in Taguig and John Thomas Chuatak from St. Stephen’s High School in Manila.
The bronze medalists were Andrew Lawrence Sy from St. Jude Catholic School, Ethan Riley Chan from Zamboanga Chong Hua High School, Ezekiel Christian Ong from UNO High School, Rafael Jose Santiago from PAREF-Southridge School, Jonn Angel Aranas from Makati Science High School, Francis Concepcion from Philippine Cultural College, Benedict Ryan Tiu from St. Stephen’s High School, and Clyde Lawrence Sy from Chiang Kai Shek College.
Adrian Sy dedicated his victory to his parents Reynaldo and Lily Sy, his teachers at SJCS and his trainers from Mathematics Trainers’ Guild-Phils. (MTG).
The RP team members are wards of MTG, a non-government group, which aims to promote excellence in math training and education.
Dr. Simon Chua and Dr. Rechilda Villame, MTG president and vice president, respectively, both described as “very impressive” the students’ performance.
“The kids’ accomplishments reflect MTG’s passion and determination to uplift Philippine math education,” Chua noted.
The latest feat came just two days after Carmela Antoinette Lao, another St. Jude Catholic School student and MTG ward, plucked a silver medal in the International Math Olympiad in Kazakhstan.
Other nations, which competed in the PMWC included host Hong Kong and Singapore, which both placed third; Thailand; Indonesia; Malaysia; India; Macau; Bulgaria; South Africa; Russia; and the United States.
The PMWC, first held in 1997, is sponsored by the 130-year-old Po Leung Kuk, Hong Kong’s leading social service organization.
Last year’s PMWC was canceled due to an outbreak of the AH1N1 flu in this former British colony.
In the 2008 edition of the contest, seven Filipino students got perfect scores and made the country one of the six overall champions.
The other members of the victorious RP team in this year’s PMWC are Deanne Rochelle Abdao from Integrated Montessori School, Jimuel Lara from UP Integrated School, Allen Cedrick Domingo from San Beda College-Alabang, Jasper John Segismundo from Pasig Catholic School, and Jason Carlo Carranceja from Grace Christian College.
Chua and Villame earlier cited MTG wards for winning a total of 48 medals, including 17 golds, in the 2010 Canadian Math Competition.
Later this month, 16 students will represent the country in the Korea International Math Competition in Incheon.
Source: Inquirer.net
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