Thai students snag multiple awards at international math competition

BANGKOK: Thai students snagged 50 prizes at the International Mathematics Contest (IMC) 2016 held in Singapore last month, returning home this week with five gold, 10 silver and 20 bronze medals.

They also won 13 special prizes plus two Grand Champion awards.

Thanisorn Auttawetchakul from Chulalongkorn University’s Demonstration Elementary School and Vorapas Meejitpaisarn from the Bangkok Christian College were named Grand Champions for having the highest scores.

The competition attracted contestants from more than 10 countries, including India, the Philippines, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, Iran, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand.

However, only students from Thailand, China, Taiwan and Vietnam got the highest scores and were ranked as grand champions.

Phumithep Klungurai, head of Thai Talent Training and IMC Union’s secretary general, said that the Thai students came from the Thailand Mathematics Academic Camp.

IMC is organized by the International Mathematics Contest Union (IMC Union) – comprised of those who are passionate about making mathematics popular among youngsters across the world under the vision ‘Science has no Borders’.

The union aims to boost an interest in math among young people and encourage them to share their knowledge and make new friends through these maths contests.

— The Nation