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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Young Indonesians shine in int’l physics Olympiad

An Indonesian student has taken home the gold medal at the forty second International Physics Olympiad that concluded Monday in Bangkok.

Erwin Wibowo, a student of BPK Penabur Gading Serpong Christian highschool in Banten took the gold, whereas the remaining Indonesian Physics Olympiad Team contestants won silver and 3 bronze medals within the eight-day competition.

“All students sent [to the competition] succeeded in gaining medals,” the National Education Ministry said during a press statement sent to The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.

Kevin Ardian Fauzie from Santa Maria highschool in Pekanbaru grabbed the silver medal, whereas Farhan Nuh Kholid and Luqman Fathurochim from Sragen Bilingual Boarding highschool within the East Java city of Sragen, and Imam Agung Raharja from Pribadi highschool in Depok, West Java, every came away with bronze.

The team arrived back at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport late Monday and was welcomed by the ministry director for middle college development Totok Suprayitno.

Totok said the govt. would grant up to a doctoral degree scholarship for the gold medal winner, up to a master’s degree scholarship for the silver medal winner, and undergraduate scholarships for the bronze medal winners.

A total of 393 students from eighty four countries took half in contest.

This is not the primary time Indonesian students have shone in a world physics Olympiad. Previously in might, Evan Laksono from IPEKA senior highschool in Tomang, Jakarta, additionally clinched a gold medal at the Asian Physics Olympiad in Tel Aviv, Israel.

In the twenty first International Biology Olympiad in Changwon, South Korea, last year in July, Indonesian students won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals. within the forty first International Physics Olympiad in Zagreb, Croatia, within the same month, Indonesian students hauled in four gold and a silver medal.

Indonesia additionally hosted the Indonesia International arithmetic Competitions (IIMC) 2011 in Bali, officiated on Tuesday by National Education Minister Muhammad Nuh.

A total of 627 students from twenty eight countries are collaborating within the six day event. Indonesia is sending the most important range of participants: forty elementary college students, who are divided into ten groups, and forty five junior highschool students, divided into eleven groups.

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