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Winners Of Best, National Olympiads Awarded

Saturday, 26th May 2006

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Bandar Seri Begawan - The Ministry of Education always emphasises on the importance of mathematics and science subjects in all stages of education.

Teaching and learning should not only be restricted to the classroom and textbooks, for there are many other sources of getting information, including through the convenience of ICT. With the use of the Internet, schools and teachers can network with other schools worldwide.

This was highlighted by Dr Hj Mahali bin Hj Momin, head director of education at the Ministry of Education, during an awards ceremony for the National Science and Mathematics Olympiad, as well as the Brunei Environment, Science and Technology (BEST) Awards held yesterday at the Royal Berkshire, Jerudong Park Country Club.

Over the past three years, STEP Centre with the cooperation of Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd, has successfully organised National Olympiads for primary, secondary and tertiary levels. For the primary schools two Olympiads, namely Primary School Science Olympiad (PSSO) and Primary School Science Olympiad (PSMO), will be to Primary Five and Six students below 12 years old by Oct 30, 2007.

This year marked the fourth year for PSSO, while it is the second year for PSMO. The Olympiads have attracted about 340 students throughout the country, a significant increase in participation from last year.

Meanwhile, Secondary School Science Olympiad (SSSO), on the other hand, was initiated based on the country's participation in the first International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) held in Jakarta in Dec 2004. As for the National Mathematics Olympiad (NMO), it was initiated by STEP Centre last year.

Recently, the newly introduced project for BEST Awards has attracted 112 students from 20 secondary schools across the nation.

For this, a group of students (Form One to Five), with a teacher supervisor, had the opportunity to work on a project to develop new products, which could be a prototype for future commercialisation. In the process of making the product, the field of Environment, Science and Technology should be applied and considered.

Yesterday's event saw the presentation of medals, as well as consolation prizes, were awarded to the winners.

The winner of PSSO 2007 was awarded to Lim Xin Ying from Chung Iowa Middle School, who also won Best in Theoretical Paper. Second place went to Shaun Sim Sze Jein from St Andrew's School, who was also awarded Best in Experimental Paper, and Justin Daniel Yong Jet Min from St Margarent's School, who won third place.

Meanwhile the winner for PSMO 2007 and awarded Best in Theoretical Paper was Lim Wie Jia from Jerudong International School, and was followed by Muhammad Afif bin Hj Abdul Razak from Nusa Laila Puteri School, who also won Best in Exploration Paper, and Nurul Bahriah Afiqah bte PIj Matali from Rimba Primary School.

Winner of SSSO 2007was Harris bin Karim from St Andrew's School, who also won Best in Theoretical Paper 11 and was named the overall winner. In second place and awarded Best in Theoretical Paper

was Yap Wei Chin from Pg Jaya NegaraAbu Bakar Secondary School, while Yeoh Wei Ling from Chung Hwa Middle School, BSB won third place.

Presented with the award' for Best in Experimental Paper was Nurul Amirah bte Hj Abd Latif from Rimba Secondary School.

Meanwhile, Chang Chung Sun from Maktab Dull Pg Muda AlMuhtadee Billah, Gadong was the overall winner for i'NIMO and was also awarded Best in Writter Power "lest. Second place went to hang Yiran from Jerudong international School and third place wenttoAbdut Hakim bin Hj Hasnan from Sixth Form Centre.

For the BESTAwards, the overall winner was from Sayyidina Hasan Secondary School with their project `Trash Holder'. Participants included Muhd Afifi bin Junaidi, Alwani Imanah Rafieh, Sheila Puspasanan, and Yeo Siew Cheng, along with their supervising chemistry teacher, Hjh Suhara bte Hj Duraman (Congrats to you guys..You did it ALL by yourselves.......We are proud of you !!!)

Their winning project was designed to hold trash from excess rubber, leftovers and pieces of paper, which are considered to be cheap and could be produced in large quantities.

Second position went to St Margaret's School with their `Nature's Secret Cream' project. The team consisted of Zeba Raisa Hussain. Norlela bte Puasa, Dahiyah Hj Mohd Yunos and Lee Chee Chai. Supervising the team was Babita Ramesh. For the `Nature's Secret Cream'; the students used the most appropriate techniques of gel extraction as preparation for their cream, which is derived from Aloe Vera.

Lastly, winning third place was Raja Isteri Pg Anak Damit Girls Arabic Secondary School with their project `Production of Batik Brunei and Khat design using natural and recycled material'.

Taking part in the project were Moazzamaatul Faazila bte Ahmad, Nurul Syazwani bte Suhaili, Nurul Fatin Farhanah bte Hj Abdullah and Nurual Safwanah bte Hj. Mohd Sufri, who were supervised by Siti Khadizah bte Nohili.

This project involved the use of local and recycled materials, which can be easily obtained in the country at a low cost. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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