By Rainier Allan Ronda
Philippine Star
Some 48 young Filipino math wizards bagged honors in the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) conducted by the Australian Mathematics Trust (AMT).
Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Rod Smith and Professor Peter Taylor of the AMT led awarding ceremonies at the Manila Grand Opera Hotel yesterday morning where they handed out prize awards and certificates of high distinction to the 48 students who joined the AMC last July.
Ten Filipino students were given the prize award: Immanuel Incarnacion of Philippine Science High School Main; Henry Jefferson Morco and Dann Julius Tan of Chiang Kai Shek College; John Russel Virata of Gideon Academy; Jose Enrico Leceta of the Science Education Institute; Mikaela Angelina Uy, Vince Say, Austin Chua, Seanne Ng, and Carmela Antoinette Lao, all from St. Jude Catholic School.
Also present in yesterday’s ceremonies were Science and Technology Secretary Estrella Alabastro and Dr. Simon Chua, president of the Mathematics Trainers’ Guild-Philippines who prepared the Filipino students for the AMC tilt and other international math competitions.
The Filipino students competed with counterparts from Australia, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, China, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, Taiwan, and Malaysia in the AMC.
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