Four students join int'l math contest

JAKARTA: Four university students will take part in an international mathematics competition in Skopje, Macedonia, from July 23 through July 29, 2004.

The four students are Eder Kikianty, Tantan Sutandi Nugraha and Handiid Agita Rustini from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and Ryan Leonel Somali from Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta.

Director of institutions and empowerment at the Ministry of National Education Fuad Abdul Hamid said on Tuesday that the four had been selected from 276 students from 43 universities in Indonesia.

The delegation would be led by Puji Astuti from the ITB and assisted by Siti Fatimah from the University of Persada Indonesia, Ahmad Muchlis from the ITB, Toto Nusantara from Malang State University, Widodo from Gadjah Mada University, Surjadi Slamet from the University of Indonesia and Edi Saladin from ITB. --Antara