The Primary School Mathematics Olympiad (PSMO) is an annual national competition that has been initiated since 2006 by the Science, Technology and Environment Partnership Centre (STEP Centre), Brunei Ministry of Education with the support of Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Private Limited. This academic competition is established in recognition of the growing significance of Mathematics education among the upper primary students in Negara Brunei Darussalam. The objectives of the Olympiad are to improve the competence of the students in Mathematics, to develop their talent and interest in mathematics and to identify potential primary school students with intellectual capacity and skills in mathematics.
The main focus of the Olympiad is Primary 5 and 6 students from all government and non-government primary schools throughout the country. Each school are allowed to nominate 3 of their best students. The questions are based on Upper Primary Mathematics Syllabi for Negara Brunei Darussalam including some general knowledge and current issues in the field of Mathematics, which also will cover intellectual, reasoning and creativity.
In the latest format, all participants will only sit for one round of competition which is held concurrently at specific centres in the four districts. The written test is divided into two sections. Section A consists of short answer problems, while section B consists of challenging essay problems. The time length for the written test is 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Satinah, you need to start putting down in writing the conceptual framework (testing to identify potential pupils, training to prepare them, improvements with training, types of training etc). Then, the research objectives and questions. You can email me what you have written on the above. (leong)
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