THE EDITOR – Banyuwangi students who represented Indonesia at the 14th Asian Science & Mathematics Olympiad For Primary & Secondary Schools (ASMOPSS) have made great achievements. One of them was Andrew Carnegei Tan, who won a gold medal for junior high school mathematics.
In the event held in Banyuwangi, there were 4 other children from Banyuwangi who also won medals. Including Felicia Dahayu who won a bronze medal. She is also the gold medallist of the international coding competition held in South Korea two weeks ago.
“Congratulations to all students who have competed to bring the good name of Indonesia, especially Banyuwangi students. This is a good experience for all of you, how to compete at the Asian level. Hopefully, in the future, the achievements will be better. And this event will be a good inspiration for all Banyuwangi students,” Sugirah said during the closing of the 14th ASMOPSS, in Banyuwangi, Friday night (15/11/2024).
Also present at the event were ASMOPSS Founder Prof. Yohanes Surya, an Indonesian physicist and advisor to the Indonesian Physics Olympiad Team/TOFI, and ASMOPSS President Munasprianto Ramli.
This year, 12 students from Banyuwangi were part of the Indonesian national team for ASMOPSS. Five of them brought home the medals.
Andrew Tan, who won the gold medal for junior high school maths, is a Grade 3 student at SMPK Santo Yusuf Banyuwangi. He is known to be good at maths and has enjoyed studying it since he was a child.
At the junior high school level, Yusril Ihsan won silver and Moses Markhesywan and Nabila Zara won bronze. Meanwhile, Felicia Dahayu won bronze in Maths at the primary level.
“We should be proud that Banyuwangi students are increasingly making achievements in the international level. In the future, we will continue to hold various programmes to boost the quality of human resources so that we can produce more quality students from Banyuwangi,” Sugirah said.
The 14th ASMOPSS was held in Banyuwangi for six days, from 11 to 16 November 2024, and was centred at the El-Royale Banyuwangi Hotel. The competition was attended by 136 participants from 10 countries in Asia, including Indonesia, Tajikistan, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Thailand.
As the host, Banyuwangi managed to make a positive impression on the participants. One of them is Leiff Guntinas from the Philippines. According to him, competing in Banyuwangi provides many new experiences.
“I can network with students from various countries. I also really like the destinations in Banyuwangi, especially Mount Ijen and the beach. It’s very beautiful,” said Leiff.
Leiff said he had visited Mount Ijen before the ASMOPSS competition began.
“It was amazing. I haven’t been able to see the phenomenal blue flame. But I am very satisfied because I can clearly see the Ijen crater which is very beautiful, bluish green,” he said.
