Thais grab bag of medals at Maths, Science Olympics
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ALL 48 Thais competing in the International Mathematics and Science Olympics for Primary Schools in Bangkok collected a medal.
The event attracted 319 students from 20 countries.
In mathematics, 11 Thais won gold and 12 won silver while there was a solitary bronze medal. In science, eight won gold, 13 won silver and three won bronze.
The competition was divided into theory and practical parts.
In the theory part, Singapore was the winner in both subjects while Thailand was the runner-up in both.
Thai children also won the second runner-up prize in mathematics, with Sri Lanka landing the top science prize.
In the practical part, Indonesia won mathematics and Singapore science.
The first runner-up in mathematics was Kazakhstan, while the second runner-up was Thailand.
Sri Lanka was first runner-up in science and Thailand was second runner-up.
Thailand won gold in both theory and practical in mathematics and Singapore got the top score in science.
The six-day MISO 2015 finished on Friday. Competing countries included Cambodia, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and South Africa.
The event was hosted by the Office of the Basic Education Commission.
