Rural Mathematics Talent Search Examination (RMTS)
Report on May 11, 2007
The RMTS camp is being held at DM School of RCE . 165 students have joined.
Students are staying in Homi Bhava
Hostel. It started on 16th and today is
valedictorian for this batch. Scholarships were distributed
to the students in presence of Minister of Sc and Tech
The next batch for 67 students wd
start immediately there after. And another after that.
Reporting volunteer: SCC
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RMTS is meant to identify and
support promising youngsters in rural areas of Orissa. Although we had a
successful year in 2005, there are roughly 800 thousand students in class six
in Orissa; yet, only a few thousands are cognizant and able to participate. The
rationale and the program details are given below. You may also contact Prof.
S. Pattanayak in
Many details can also be obtained by contacting Mr. S. Dasverma (sandip.kumar.dasverma at gmail.com) or other members of SEEDS (e.g., dpatra at yahoo.com).
Sustainable Economic and Educational Development Society (SEEDS) is contributing by seeking mentors and scholarship donors, and by working with partners in the field to establish, support and strengthen RMTS for the rural 6th graders in all geographical regions of Orissa.
--Darshan Patra
NOTE:
1. What is judged is not the
6th-graders’ ability to solve the problem but how they approach the
problem, the process and logic, not the ultimate answer being right or wrong.
2. This year 3 Rural boys who were selected out of a similar test have
qualified to represent Orissa in Indian Math Olympiad, for the 1st time.
3. There is always a chance that, like Ramanujan, a genius
will take a Prof. Hardy to unearth and mentor. This is a small attempt
at that.
4. We have found two boys who used do tea cup washing in wayside stores on
weekends.
Once their talents were spotted they are now flourishing, as they are mentored
and monitored.
Institute of Mathematics and Applications
(Supported By Dept. of
Atomic Energy, Government of
Organizes
Fourth Rural Mathematics Talent Search Examination-2006
(For students studying in class VI in government/ government affiliated school in rural areas)
From,
Prof. S. Pattanayak, Director
2nd
Floor,
Sahid Nagar,
Ph: (0674)
2540604, 2542164
To,
Headmaster
Sir/ Madam,
Every year 6 children from
The question a student has to face at the Regional /National
/International Mathematics Olympiad are not of the type encountered in the
textbooks. They are designed to test the innovativeness of children at
that age. To acquaint children with such problem; we conduct a training
camp of about 150 children that are selected through another test. But
our experience has been that rural children, who constitute the bulk of the
children of that age group, rarely participate in the process. This means
we are missing out more than 90%of the children of the age group. So to
ensure participation of these children we plan for a Mathematics Talent search
program exclusively for rural children. Under this program every year we
conduct a test for children of class VI attending Govt. schools in rural areas.
We select about 165 children ensuring that there are equal number of children
from three culturally distinct parts of Orissa, e.g., Western Orissa, Central
Orissa, and Southern Orissa. These children are brought to
In spite of the fact that there are about 6000 High Schools and 11000 elementary schools in rural Orissa alone, it is pity that only 500 schools and a total of 5000 children participated in our program.
We are making effort to increase the number of participation to 20000, which we believe is not too ambitious. It requires proper circulation of information and may be a little persuasion. We have already requested the Dept. of Mass Education to help in this process and they have agreed.
It is needless to mention that 100% performance in Mathematics is the most important reason for the large dropout after class V. We hope this would arouse an interest in Mathematics among rural children through the demonstration effect; this effort is likely to spur. We solicit your assistance for wide circulation. of this in your area.
Thanking You
S. Pattanayak
Rural Mathematic talent
search Examination-2006
1.
In Brief:
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1) Date of Examination: 10.09.2006 (10.30 a.m to 1.00 p.m) 2)
Eligibility: Students of
class VI in Government/Government aided Schools in rural
areas. 3)
Fees: Rs.5/- (Rupees five
only) 4)
Last dates for receiving
application: 10.08 2006 |
2.
Organizer:
Institute of Mathematics and Application, 2nd
Floor,
3.
Aim to conduct the examination:
While looking back to last 20 years we can find that very few of rural student participated in various engineering, IIT and math Olympiad examination( & only 2 of them get success). We may conclude from this that rural students are not mentally prepared for these examinations. Mathematical weakness creates weakness in other fields also. Mathematics is key to enter into many trades. So it is unquestionable that success in Math is most important.
Mathematics Olympiad is key to mathematical
talent spotting. Non-appearance and lack
of success of rural students in Math Olympiad is a matter of concern. Because urban students not only participate
in it in a large number but also capture almost all the position of the merit
list. We believe, while there is no lack
of mathematical talent in rural areas, due to insufficient exposure and
encouragement they are not performing up to our expectation. To overcome this situation
4.
Definition of Rural area:
Those revenue villages, which are not under N.A.C., municipality or corporations, are called rural areas.
5.
Question Paper
The syllabus of Mathematics up to class VI is enough for this examination. The question of the examination is not of traditional type encountered in school examination.
6.
Language of examination: Oriya
7.
Who are Eligible and How to
appear:
Any student of class VI reading in government/government aided schools in rural area can appear. It is not essential for the students to come in the merit list in the class examination. (Student of Navodaya schools are not allowed to participate). It has been observed that most of the students who succeed in the RMTS examination are less likely among the best student of the class or hardly they are placed in the merit list. So the headmasters are requested not to take any selection test for students appearing in the examination.
Students willing to take the examination
will have to deposit a sum of Rs 5/- (Rupees five only) to their
Headmaster. Our sincere request to the
Headmasters that they must send the collected fees and list of examinees (in
the prescribed form) to the Director,
8.
Any school having at least 50 applicants can become a center (instead of one it may be a union of some schools). If applicants from different schools of a particular region sum to 50 or more, then the school convenient to all will be a center.
Even schools having less number of
applicants can also be a center. If any
school having less number of applicants wants to be a center then the
responsibility like collecting question paper; dispatching answer sheets will
be of the school. The school will cover
expenses towards their traveling.
Headmasters of the school being a center are requested to collect
question, answer sheets and other associated expenses from
9.
Prize, Certificate and
Scholarship:
Students who are successful in this examination will be honored and rewarded in a colorful ceremony.
The best 150 students who take the test will get a scholarship of Rs.1500 per year for a period of five years.
10.
Training Programme:
Successful students will be trained in higher theory on mathematics and solving harder problems for two weeks each year for three consecutive years. The institute will bear their lodging, boarding and books and all related expenses during their training. Usually curriculum syllabus for the training, unlike that of the school curriculum is helpful for intellectual and creative prosperity of the students. Needless to say, students trained here will have ample confidence and courage to face any examination in mathematics.
11.
Whom to send Consolidated data Sheet and Proforma of Application and Examination fee:
Director,
2nd Floor,
Sahid
Nagar,
Ph: (0674) 2540604, 2542164
12.
How examination will be
conducted:
(a) Superintendent of the
examination center is the final authority of the center.
(i)
Collected exam fee, list of examinee,
forms and other related paper should be reached at the Institute by 10th
August 2006
(ii)
After the examination is over, the
answer scripts should be sent to IMA personally or by post. No traveling allowances will be paid.
(b) After receiving the list of the examinees and examination fee, the name of the examination center and the Institute will send the center charges to the center superintendents.
Consolidated Data Sheet
(This sheet duly
filled up should be send to the appropriate authority)
Name of the School with Address: ________________________________
Importance Notes:
To know more about the Rural Mathematics Talent Search Examination, please contact:
Prof Swadheen Pattanayak
Director
2nd
Floor,
Sahid Nagar,
Ph: (0674)
2540604, 2542164
Consolidated Data Sheet
(This sheet duly
filled up should be send to the appropriate authority)
Name of the School with Address: ________________________________
Name and Address of the Contact Person (You are requested to write here the name of the Head of the Institute along with the names and address of math teachers)
Name: _____________________ Name: _____________________
Address: _____________________ Address: _____________________
______________________ _____________________
______________________ _____________________
Pin: _____________________ Pin: _____________________
Phone No. (with code) Phone No. (with code)
Details of Entry Fees
1. Number of Applicants and Fee
Collected: (The fee collected should be sent
in the form a bank draft drawn in favour of Director,
2. Amount Collected and Sent = Rs.
3. Bank Draft No.
Signature
(The Head of the Institute)
Rural Mathematics Olympiad-
2006
PROFORMA
OF APPLICATION FORM
1. Name of the Institution
2. Centre (i)______________________ (ii) _______________________
(If your school is not a center give some choice of near by schools. In case it is not possible to make a nearby school a center for your school will be decided by us.)
3. List of the participant: Mention here against the names of student (W) in case of girl, (SC) in case of schedule cast and (ST) in case of schedule tribe students.
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· If the number of students is more then another sheet of this format can be used.
· Send your list in same size as our paper.
Signature of the Head of the Institution