The Provincial Mathematics Olympiad Ceremony was held at Laerskool Die Ruiter on Saturday, September 17 where learners from the 15 districts received awards for their achievement.
Special guests who attended the ceremony included the Gauteng Department of Education’s Johannesburg West District Director, Lehlohonolo Ramokhoase as well as the SGB chairperson of Laerskool Die Ruiter, Mrs Nicolaai.
The online Maths Olympiad was conducted at school level, and two learners per grade per circuit from Grades 4 to 9 participated. These learners were then selected to participate at the Circuit level.
Learners who performed the best progressed to the District level of the online Maths Olympiad and finally only two learners per category A and B per grade progressed to the Provincial online Maths Olympiad. There was also a category C for learners with special educational needs (LSEN) in which two learners per grade participated.
The best performing learners who had the highest scores for a Mental Maths question paper and a Problem-solving question paper of which both question papers were online were selected as the top 20 best performing learners for Category A and B.
The overall winners were in the top 20 but the top 10 of these learners were placed in positions from 10th to 1st.
The top 20 learners of all the grades were given medals and certificates and only the top 10 learners received prizes which were cell phones, bags, as well as medals.
Tahzeeb Vazeer, a Grade 4 learner from Constantia Kloof Primary took second place in the province.
According to the organisers, learners engaged in an online Maths Olympiad for the first time last year.
This year was the second year they participated and cell phones, tablets and laptops could be used to answer the Mental Maths and Problem-solving question paper on the Circuit and District level.
