Student goes to Math Olympics

Student goes to Math Olympics

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Muhammad Syafri of Senior High
School 17, Makassar, silver medalist in Southeast Asia's Math
Olympic in Malaysia, has been nominated to represent Indonesia at
the Math Olympics in Glasgow, Scotland in July.

Principal Umar A.R. said here on Friday, prior to the
competition that Syafri, along with other participants, mostly
from the same school, would have some warmup training at Bandung
Institute of Technology (ITB).

Umar disclosed that for the last five years the school had
sent its representatives to several world major events, including
the recently held English debating contest in Johannesburg in
South Africa, at which one of its students was named "Best
Speaker."--Antara