RECORD 44,500 SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN KANGAROO 2015 INTERNATIONAL MATH COMPETITION
YEREVAN, April 1. / ARKA /. A record number of 44,500 school
students from Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) are going
to participate in Kangaroo 2015 international math competition that
is scheduled to take place on April 2, AYB education foundation said..
It said youngsters from grades 3-12 from 1068 schools in Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh have submitted applications for the contest that
will be held for the seventh time in Armenia.
The contest is the joint effort of AYB education foundation and
Armenia’s ministry of education and science.
The purpose of this competition is to introduce youngsters to math
challenges in a fun and enjoyable way, thus inspiring their further
interest and advancement in mathematics. The competition is held yearly
in 63 countries involving over 7 million school students. The contest
was first held in 1991 in Paris. In 1994 it became international.-0-