This is only the second time, after the 58th IMO in 2017, that all six members of the Philippine team won a medal. The Philippines also ranked 31st out of 112 countries, up from last year’s 38th out of 107 countries.
Targeted at senior HS studnets, nuLab offers a modern mobile learning environment that can help pique students’ interest in the sciences. It can accommodate 24 students in one session and hold two sessions per day.
After going through a series of competitions and intensive training, six high school students were chosen to represent the country in the 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) from July 11-22 in Bath, United Kingdom.
Senior high school teams from the Technological Institute of the Philippines-Cubao Campus, Philippine Science High School-Eastern Visayas Campus, and New Era University won the coveted Youth Innovation Prize and P50,000 cash while College of St. John-Roxas nabbed the Acer IOT Award in the recently concluded ?imake.wemake: create. innovate. Collaborate? competition of the Department of Science and Technology ? Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) and Acer Philippines.
Major activities in the nanosatellite engineering track include the development of cube satellites. Two cubesats are aimed to be developed and launched into space near the end of the program.