Kigali, 04/06/2021: The Minister of State in Charge of Primary and Secondary Education   Gaspard TWAGIRAYEZU officiated the National Awards Ceremony for Team Rwanda to the Pan-African Mathematical Olympiad 2021 (PAMO 2021).

The Ceremony took place at AIMS Rwanda Centre, REMERA Campus where 6 students from 5 secondary schools were awarded after an excellent performance at PAMO 2021. Regardless their first participation in this highly ranked Mathematics competition, Team Rwanda demonstrated a marvelous performance winning 3 bronze medals and a team score of 61 which earned them the first place in East Africa and 7th in Africa.  

This was made possible by a commendable efforts of coaches, trainers, teachers and of course with the support of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Rwanda (AIMS Rwanda) and the University of Rwanda- Department of Mathematics.

The students who represented Rwanda at PAMO 2021 are: MUNEZERO Honorine from Lycée Notre Dame de Cîteaux; AKIMANA Nadine from ES Byimana ; ABAYO Joseph Desire from ES Byimana; MUGISHA Abdulkarim from RIVIERA ; MUNEZERO Jean Nepo from PS Ndera and UWASE Kelly from GS Saint André .

In his remarks, MoS TWAGIRAYEZU commended the winners and encouraged them to aim higher " We are here to celebrate you, but also encourage you to aim even higher".

Emphasizing on the fact that Mathematics is not only numbers, he added “We all know that Mathematics is a tool to help individuals, organizations and society at large, to solve the most pressing issues in our communities".

Pan-African Mathematical Olympiad is the most prestigious mathematics competition on the continent, open to students in secondary school and increases participants' ability to problem-solve critical and creative thinking.

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