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Saudi girl wins bronze medal in Math
Olympiad
Wednesday April 18, 2012 02:51:53 PM,
IANS
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Riyadh:
A Saudi girl won a bronze medal in the European Girl’s
Mathematical Olympiad 2012 conducted at Murray Edwards College,
Cambridge University, in the UK.
Abrar Al-Sheikh of the Saihat Girls Secondary School in the
Eastern Province won the bronze medal on Monday having solved four
complex problems in four and a half hours on each day of the
two-day event, according to a report published in Arab News.
Sixteen European countries and three non-European countries
participated in the Olympiad this year. Each participating country
sent a team consisting of its strongest four female mathematicians
of school age.
The inspiration behind this competition is the Chinese Girls’
Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO) — now an international event.
King Abdulaziz and his Companions for the Giftedness and
Creativity (Mawhiba) and the Ministry of Education arranged for
the participation of the Saudi team in the event.
“Although our ambitions in the EGMO 2012 were far higher, the
winning of a bronze medal is a splendid start for our students and
we hope that greater accomplishments will follow,” General
Supervisor of the Mawhiba’s Olympiad team Abdul Aziz Al-Harithy
said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency yesterday.
The other two non-European countries that participated in the
Olympiad were the Untied States and Indonesia.
“This achievement reflects the rapidly growing interest of Saudi
girls in science and mathematics,” said Head of the Saudi
delegation to the Olympiad Najla Al-Tuwaijri.
She added that the Mawhiba selected the Olympiad from participants
in several contests held over the past two years who were then
intensively trained.
The other student members of the team were Doha Al-Jeddawi and
Amal Al-Sunaidi.
As part of its efforts to prepare Saudi boys and girls for
participation in international science talent programs, the
Mawhiba selected 82 students in February.
The students including girls, who were selected from 12 provinces
in the Kingdom, will participate in international summer programs
for gifted, talented and creative children conducted in various
universities and other institutions abroad in 2012.
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