JIMCOBSA

Junior International

Mathematics Competition

Organising Body

for South Africa

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How this site works
2025 SA Team Selection for IMC
How to participate in Selection Test 1
2025 IMAS Online Training Classes
Training: Problem Solving Course (Videos)
IMC Team Selection and Preliminary Schedule for 2025
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2025 SA Team Selection for IMC

In order to be selected for the South African Teams for the International Mathematics Competition (IMC) learners must:
  • be in Grade 3 to Grade 9 (in 2024).
  • be registered and fully linked to at least one of their parents on the JIMCOBSA website.
  • be enrolled for
  • write the first Selection Test (free) any time from 1 November 2024 until 17 December 2024 at their own convenience. No official invigilation required.
More information will follow upon completion of the first selection test.

How to participate in Selection Test 1

Follow the point-wise steps in this list if you are unsure or having trouble to participate in Selection Test 1:
  1. Have you registered with JIMCOBSA in the past, and thus already have a profile? If yes, go to step 9.
  2. You and at least one of your parents need to register first. Use this link to get started: https://jimcobsa.co.za/register.
  3. Use your very own email address (and mobile phone number if provided), otherwise your parent/child might not be able to register.
  4. During registration make sure to avoid typos.
  5. Only enter one email address, preferrably a personal gmail address, as part of the registration.
  6. At the end of the registration, a 7-character reference code will be shown. This is your unique reference code that you should always know.
  7. When you have finished the registration process, you should receive an email to verify that it is your address. Click on the link in this email.
  8. You can now set a password for your profile. Make sure to remember it.
  9. When both the learner and parent have reached this point, one of them should log in on the Admin Portal.
  10. Go to Link Learner or Link to Parent, as applicable.
  11. Enter the other person’s reference code and request to link to their profile.
  12. Now the other person should log in on the Admin Portal. Go to Pending Requests and accept the link request.
  13. Log in as the learner.
  14. Go to the Enrol for Courses page and enrol for the 2025 IMC Team Selection course, free of charge.
  15. Click on the Teaching Platform button at the top-left of the screen, this will take you to Moodle.
  16. Log in on Moodle using the same username and password as for the Admin Portal.
  17. Follow the instructions on the screen to take the test right away. The duration of the test is 75 minutes.

2025 IMAS Online Training Classes

6 – 24 January 2025
This “course” serves as a follow-up on the 2024 course, now available as Problem Solving Course on the Admin Portal’s Enrol for Courses page.
It is intended for grade 4 to grade 10 learners, who wish to get preparation through online training classes, before writing the 2025 IMAS (International Mathematics Assessments for Schools) Round 1 contest at the end of January. During the preparation classes, the presenter will work through past papers as well as general strategies that can be implemented.
12 hours of intensive training for only R1200!
Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions and have those questions answered. All classes will be recorded, however, participants are encouraged to join the live sessions.
We encourage participants to make full use of this course in order to improve their performance.

Schedule:

Date
Middle Primary
(Grade 4 and 5)
Upper Primary
(Grade 6 and 7)
Junior Secondary
(Grade 8, 9 and 10)
Monday 6 January 2025
Tuesday 7 January 2025
16:30 – 18:30
19:00 – 21:00
Wednesday 8 January 2025
18:00 – 20:00
Thursday 9 January 2025
16:30 – 18:30
19:00 – 21:00
Monday 13 January 2025
18:00 – 20:00
Tuesday 14 January 2025
16:30 – 18:30
19:00 – 21:00
Wednesday 15 January 2025
18:00 – 20:00
Thursday 16 January 2025
16:30 – 18:30
19:00 – 21:00
Monday 20 January 2025
18:00 – 20:00
Tuesday 21 January 2025
16:30 – 18:30
19:00 – 21:00
Wednesday 22 January 2025
18:00 – 20:00
Thursday 23 January 2025
16:30 – 18:30
19:00 – 21:00
Bonus: You will automatically be enrolled for the 2025 IMAS. No need to pay the 2025 IMAS entry fee.
Note: You need to provide us with a private gmail address to be able to get access to the videos. This should not be of any concern, since you can create such an address free of charge.
https://jimcobsa.co.za/courses/2025-imas-online-training-classes

Problem Solving Course (Videos)

All the classes of the Problem Solving Course that were presented in January 2024 (online) have been recorded. You can now buy access to the videos in which you will find a multitude of helpful content. The problem solving course was based on the International Mathematics Assessment for Schools (IMAS) Round 1.
8 classes for only R800!
This course is mainly about problem solving strategies. For detailed information click anywhere in this block to go to the teaching platform – the place where everything happens online. It is highly recommended to make use of this opportunity.
Bonus: You will automatically be enrolled for the 2025 IMAS. No need to pay the 2025 IMAS entry fee.
Note: You need to provide us with a private gmail address to be able to get access to the videos. This should not be of any concern, since you can create such an address free of charge.
https://jimcobsa.co.za/courses/2024-problem-solving-videos

IMC Team Selection and Preliminary Schedule for 2025

Selection Test 1:
1 November 2024 – 5 January 2025
2025 IMAS Online Training Classes:
6 January 2025 – 24 January 2025
Selection Test 2:
28 January 2025 – 30 January 2025
Final date for submission of all homework assignments:
2 February 2025
Selection Test 3:
18 February 2025 – 20 February 2025
International Mathematics Competition:
July 2025 (exact dates not yet available)

Technical Support

If you are experiencing any technical trouble to create user profiles, link accounts, log payments, do enrolments etcetera, please send an email to the address below.
techsupport@jimcobsa.co.za

JIMCOBSA Registration

No profile? No problem. Click anywhere on this banner to register and create your JIMCOBSA profile – free of charge.
https://jimcobsa.co.za/register