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Rabat – Six high school students from different regions of Morocco participated in the 28th Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) hosted virtually in Tunisia on May 23-24.
According to the PAMO, the annual competition consists of two 4.5 hour rounds and participants must answer three questions per round. The event challenged students to answer advanced calculus and trigonometry questions.
Students from 14 countries including Angola, Botswana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Republic of the Congo, and Zimbabwe competed in the event.
Over 60 high school students representing their home countries attended the virtual event with Morocco’s El Ibbaoui Mohamed and Achak Abderrahmane coaching the team to victory.
The Moroccan team was a diverse cohort of 3 males and 3 female competitors, two students won gold medals.
The organization crowned Beni Mellal’s Aya Akargout the “Queen of African Mathematics 2021” after her gold medal win alongside Marrakech’s Youssef Bouhtouch.
In addition, Morocco’s Mohammed Ayoub, Adam Kharraz, Hiba Benabou, and Asmae Hibat Allah won silver medals.
All of the students are members of Morocco’s national mathematics team operating under the Ministry of Education.
“Our national team is achieving impressive results in the twenty-eighth session of the African Olympiad in mathematics,” said Morocco’s Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education, and Scientific Research Saaid Amzazi.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PAMO 2020 event was cancelled.
Morocco won the PAMO 2019 and has had a long history of success in mathematics.
The most recent round of education reform in Morocco aims to improve the education system by redesigning primary school curriculum for mathematics and sciences.
