Student science contest winners announced
Student science contest winners announced
JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Education and Culture announced
the winners of this year's National Young Scientist Contest
yesterday.
Muhammad Hamdani, a high school student from Wonosobo, Central
Java, took first prize in the ministry-sponsored contest, with
his paper entitled The Use of Light Dispersion to Measure the
Concentration of Solution.
Junior school student I Putu Kusuma Negara from Bali and
Faisal, a high school student studying aviation technology here,
won the second and the third prizes respectively.
In addition, the ministry also gave a special prize yesterday
to the youngest participant in the contest, sixth-grader Dian
Qur'ania Rachmawati from Yogyakarta. The 11-year-old girl studied
the healing effect of jungking -- creatures similar to crabs --
on jellyfish stings.
"I'm so happy I won. I never thought I could," Dian told
Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro, who
called her up on stage during his speech.
Dian cried after presenting her study last week, because she
felt that she could not answer the questions posed by the panel
of judges.
Except for Dian, the rest of the 25 participants of the
competition, which was held for students in the 12-19 age group,
were junior and high school students. Among the criteria for
winners were the contestants' knowledge of the subject matter,
authenticity and creativity.
The ministry also announced Dian Amalia from Selong, West Nusa
Tenggara and Sonny Hendra Ermando Lumban Toruan from Cirebon,
West Java as the country's model female and male junior high
school students.
Model students at the high school level were Amalia Dewi
Naulita Pane from Tanjungkarang, Lampung and Surachmat from
Cirebon, West Java.
Ideal teachers were also announced yesterday. They were Siti
Kholifah of Kediri, East Java in the kindergarten category; and
Imam Mahfud of Ponorogo, East Java and Usep Kuniadin from Garut,
West Java in the elementary school category.
Haryanto, a teacher from Grobogan, West Java was named model
teacher in the junior high school category, while Wagiman Hasjim
from Mojokerto, East Java won for model teacher in the senior
high category.
The ministry also announced winners of a writing contest on
education. The first prize went to Mundiharno for his article,
entitled The Teachers' Training Institute (IKIP) and the Market
Condition in Education Sector, published in Suara Pembaruan
daily.
The second prize went to Samsul Wahidin for his article
Professionalism of University Lecturers, published by Suara Karya
daily, while Mursal Esten took third place with Decentralization
of Culture and New Information Centers, published by Kompas
daily.
All contest winners were invited to attend the Independence
Day celebration at the Presidential Palace tomorrow. (31)