Mamadou Tala rewards the winners of the fourth and fifth grades

The Awards Ceremony for the winners of the Math Olympiad was held on Friday, December 31, 2021. It rewards the best students in grades 4 and 5.

The 2021 edition gathered 16,699 students, as part of the promotion and development of science and technology fields.

According to “Al-Masdar A” newspaper, the ceremony was chaired by the Minister of National Education, Mamadou Tala, in the ministerial department in Diamnadio.

On the basis of a highly selective competition, with very high performance thresholds, the winners were selected to carry the country’s flag and make up the Senegal national team.

For the Minister of National Education ”, this edition witnessed the participation of 16,699 students from the fifth and fourth grades distributed over 16 academies in Senegal. Girls make up 58.01% of these students. Today’s ceremony is part of our choice to create a breeding ground for young champions, to advance mathematics and science. ”

And to encourage students to develop excellence, the Minister will say: “Excellence cannot be acquired; it is built on a daily basis. It requires endurance and perseverance. That is why I urge you to persevere in the constant effort, to meet the challenge of preservation and success in the fields and scientific series, which is to be promoted today An absolute priority for Senegal.

According to Mamadou Tala, today’s Plan of Emerging Senegal (PSE) is the frame of reference for all our public policies and it crystallizes our ambitions to lift our country out of poverty.

To do this, you need high-quality human resources in all areas, especially in mathematics, science and technology. He said in the columns of the daily Al-Masdar A: “We are counting on you to meet this challenge.

The Minister of National Education explained that “this ceremony is certainly sedate, but it has a double meaning: it gives us an opportunity to reward the winners of the Math Olympiad. It also makes it possible to maintain the commitment made during the General Competition 2021: to award scholarships to holders of the baccalaureate of a scientific series after they have obtained a “Very Good” mark in the baccalaureate 2021”

Writer: Aissata Kibe (Trainee) – Seneweb.com