Pinoy grade-schoolers bag 11 awards in HK world math contest 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Jonathan HicapYoung Filipino students won 11 awards in an international mathematics contest in Hong Kong. The eight-member Philippine team bagged two silver and four bronze medals in the individual contest, and four silver medals and a trophy in the team contest at the 22nd Po Leung Kuk Primary Mathematics World Contest (PMWC) held from July 15 to 19 in Hong Kong. According to the Mathematics Trainers Guild-Philippines (MTG), in the individual contest, the silver medalists were Jerome Austin Te of Jubilee Christian Academy and Michael Gerard Tongson of Stonyhurst Southville International School-Malarayat. In the team contest, Philippine Team A, composed of Ian Gabriel Hong of Pace Academy, Tongson, Te and Briones, won first runner-up and were awarded individual silver medals and a trophy.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 19, 2019 07:30 UTC