Four Glasgow kids win at International Maths Olympiad
The competition, aimed at students aged four to 14, saw thousands of participants from around the world take part in a week-long challenge.
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The Glasgow winners were Krishna Nair, nine, from Gowanbank Primary School, Anaisha Saxena, six, from Hillhead Primary School, Isaiah Tahir, 10, from St Bernard's Primary School, and Vivaan Rawat, 10, from Killermont Primary School.
Krishna Nair, level 9 winner (Image: Supplied) Krishna, who was the winner of the level 9 category, also set a new record for the college, having now won each of her last five Olympiads.
Dr Rashmi Mantri, founder of BYITC, said: "I am delighted for Krishna and believe she has the potential to do great things, as it is truly amazing for someone so young to win at every competition and in higher-level competitions too."
Krishna said: "The Olympiad was a big goal for me.
"Thanks to the Supermaths app, I was prepared, confident, and ready to give my best and I did."
Isaiah Tahir. level 4 winner (Image: Supplied) Level 4 category winner Isaiah's parents, Nazir and Zia Tahir, praised the college's programme.
They said: "BYITC's online platform is fun and interactive.
"My child looks forward to every session and enjoys learning maths in a structured way."
The free-to-enter challenge is based on BYITC's Abacus Maths programme, with 50 questions in total.
The results are based on accuracy and timely completion.
Students used concepts like finger, abacus, and mental theory.
Anaisha Saxena, level 2 winner (Image: Supplied) The top performers across each of the 11 levels of BYITC Supermaths training were awarded certificates and trophies for their arithmetic skills.
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Dr Mantri said: "Congratulations to each of the winners.
"Every child who took part deserves enormous credit as we can tell they gave it their best shot and worked very hard.
"Young people are naturally competitive and derive lots of fun from playing and experimenting with numbers.
"Competitions like this prepare them for higher levels of assessments and exams as they go through their educational journey as they worked on time management and enhance their problem-solving skills.
"As we know from research, such high-level game playing significantly boosts logical thinking skills, an excellent preparation for a future which is going to be dominated by AI.
Vivaan Rawat, joint level 11 winner (Image: Supplied)"Since we launched the Challenge, we have had more than 75 winners, which is a great achievement.
"The success of our Olympiads and the sheer scale of entries from across the globe are very satisfying and give us confidence that there is a huge hunger out there for learning more about, and getting lots of fun from playing with, numbers."
Glasgow-based BYITC is now the largest provider of Abacus Maths classes in the UK and creator of the world's first 100 per cent digital, game-based abacus maths learning application.
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