RI students win medals at int'l physics contest

RI students win medals at int'l physics contest

JAKARTA (JP): A group of Indonesian students won silver and
bronze medals in the recent international physics contest in
Canberra, Australia.

Teguh Mulia and four other youths joined the July 5-11
International Physics Olympics after they beat around 800 other
high achievers in a selection process that the Ministry of
Education and Culture began late last year.

Teguh won a silver medal, while Agus Bani Abdillah grabbed a
bronze. Special achievement awards were also given to I Putu
Adiartha, Herry and Rudy Raymond, all high school graduates.

Minister Wardiman Djojonegoro met with the team members and
their coaches yesterday, and told reporters that the students had
to forego their university entrance examinations once they made
it on the team.

The team members, however, have recently been given overseas
scholarships.

Indonesia plans to send another team of its brightest students
to the 36th International Mathematics Olympics in Toronto,
Canada. The event will be held from July 16 to 24.

The team will consist of six high school students from
Jakarta, Surakarta and Surabaya, selected from among 540 students
from the 27 provinces of Indonesia.

Earlier this month Wirawan Purwanto, a student at St. Albertus
High School in Malang, East Java, won a silver medal at the
International Computer Information Olympics in Eindhoven, the
Netherlands. (05)