2020, January 28
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First NU Olympiad in Mathematics
2020, January 28
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Although NU has helped to run Mathematics Olympiads before now, it should be noted that this year’s event is distinctive in that it is the first time that the university has been completely in charge of designing and hosting the event. This means that NU professors, staff, and students not only developed the competition’s tasks in accordance with the approved standards for Olympiads, but also provided the system for evaluation of winners, and judged the event.
– The goal of our Olympiad is to increase the interest in studying mathematical subjects for students at an early age and to also create the necessary conditions to identify gifted children in this realm. – said Kadisha Dairova, Vice President for Student Affairs and International Cooperation of NU.
This year might be considered as a first “Pilot” Olympiad for our University, where the lessons learned by organizers might be incorporated in the planning of future Olympiads. The event was attended by 46 students in grades 10-12 interested in mathematics, and some of them were accompanied by their teachers. The level of complexity of the Olympiad tasks varied between the Republican and Zhautykov Olympiads. According to the participants of the Olympiad, despite the complexity of the tasks, the questions were interesting and well thought out.
– I would like to suggest that NU consider creating something like a week-long training camp for the schoolchildren who are participants at Olympiads. This way the focus would not only be on winning Olympiads but also on tracking students learning and growth over time. For example, if there was a training camp that also took some metrics from the participants this could then be compared to the participants’ scores from various Olympiads over time to see the students’ growth- suggested Arman Tailakov, a mathematics teacher at Astana Garden School and a 2017’s graduate of NU.
Earlier in 2019, NU co-organized the STEM Republican Olympiad “STEM – Innovation in Education” and the IQanat Republican Olympiad. In the future, NU plans to hold the Olympiad not only for the students of schools in the capital but also for secondary school children from all regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The winners of the First NU Olympiad in Mathematics:
I – place – Danat Duysenbekov, an 11-grade pupil of the Bilim Innovation Lyceum for gifted boys, Nur-Sultan city;
II – place – Alibi Znenis and Chingis Tuleubayev, 10-grade pupils of NurOrda lyceum; Fetkullah Sam and Marlen Raushanov – 10-grade pupils of the Bilim Innovation Lyceum for gifted boys, Nur-Sultan city; Bibigul Konkayeva and Nurzhan Nurguatov, 11- grade pupils of NurOrda lyceum; Abylay Ashken, 11-grade pupil of the Bilim Innovation Lyceum for gifted boys, Nur-Sultan city;
III – place – Dilnaz Ualiyeva, a 10-grade pupil of “Zerde” school; Beksultan Abdikarimov, a 10-grade pupil of the Bilim Innovation Lyceum for gifted boys, Nur-Sultan city.
All participants of the Olympiad received participation certificates, and the winners were awarded medals and valuable prizes.
