THE 2019 leg of the South African Mathematics Olympiad (SAMO) is underway with closing date for entries on 1 February. Secondary schools are urged to enter any eligible high school learner to test and enhance their problem solving skills.
By entering the SAMO, learners will be exposed to problems that will test and improve their logical reasoning as well as improve their ability to discover and validate problem solving techniques. The problems in the first round are carefully selected to make mathematics a more approachable and interesting subject. Organised by the South African Mathematics Foundation (SAMF), the SAMO is making a positive contribution to the development of critical skills which the country desperately needs to achieve its socio-economic goals.
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In 2018 a record number of 106 280 learners from 1 303 secondary schools participated in this popular competition. The entry fee varies from R20 to R35 for a South African learner depending on the number of entrants per school. The first round of the Olympiad is on 12 March.
The entry form is available on https://www.samf.ac.za/en/sa-mathematics-olympiad. Contact 012 392 9316/24 or email: info@samf.ac.za.
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