JIMCOBSA and our History & Results & Teams
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The International Mathematics Competition/Contest (IMC) for primary school and junior secondary school learners (not to be confused with the IMC for undergraduate students) started in 1998 and has now been hosted annually in its current form (high school and primary school contests together as one event), since 2010. Previous hosts include Taiwan, China, South Korea, Bulgaria, Thailand and India. South Africa hosted in 2009 and 2019. A comprehensive list can be found on our IMC Host Countries page. More information on the IMC can also be found at the official IMC website.
Until 2018, the South African teams consisted of provincial teams – KwaZulu-Natal (organised by Ms. Kitty Phillips), Western Cape (organised by Elkanah House), Free State / Northern Cape (organised by Dr. Elsie Schoombie and Dr. Anelize van Biljon) and sometimes teams from Gauteng or Eastern Cape. In 2019 two nationally selected teams (organized by Ms. Kitty Phillips and Phil Labuschagne) were entered for both the primary school and junior secondary school divisions, as well as a few provincial teams.
At the start of 2021, organisers from these areas started working together from the beginning to select and train national teams. For this purpose, JIMCOBSA (Junior International Mathematics Competition Organising Body for SA) a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) was established to handle the administration associated with this process. JIMCOBSA continued past the 2021 IMC with the aim of organizing, selecting and training the future national teams for IMC.
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We believe that schools and teachers play a vital role and therefore we also credit the top schools participating in JIMCOBSA activities. We are in the process of deciding more criteria for Top Schools and then will add more to this section of Top Schools.
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Until 2018, the South African teams consisted of provincial teams – KwaZulu-Natal (organised by Ms. Kitty Phillips), Western Cape (usually organised by Elkanah House), Free State / Northern Cape (organised by Dr. Elsie Schoombie and Dr. Anelize van Biljon) and sometimes teams from Gauteng or Eastern Cape. In 2019 two nationally selected teams (organized by Ms. Kitty Phillips and Phil Labuschagne) were entered for both the primary school and junior secondary school divisions, as well as a few provincial teams. At the start of 2021, organisers from these areas started working together from the beginning to select and train national teams. Below we feature information of the national teams and team members who participated at the IMC for South Africa.
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We are in the process of also adding information about some provincial and regional teams that participated in IMC. We will add some of this information in due course.
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Congratulations to the top 10 displayed below. As can be seen, the marks fall off very quickly and only six participants out of 201 got above 50. The averages for IMAS Round 1 were 23, 25, 19 respectively for Junior Secondary, Upper Primary and Middle Primary. The marks are centred around the scores from 20 to 25 for Junior Secondary / Upper Primary and 10 to 15 for Middle Primary.
Top 10 Performers in IMAS Round 1 - Junior Secondary
Top 10 Performers in IMAS Round 1 - Upper Primary
Top 10 Performers in IMAS Round 1 - Middle Primary
