17,000 students take ‘most comprehensive’ maths exam
Over 17,000 students from grades 4 to 8 participated in Maarif Inter-School Maths Olympiad (MISMO), Pakistan’s biggest and most comprehensive mathematical competition, which was organised in 65 Olympiad centres in 35 different cities, a press statement said Sunday.
The MISMO is an initiative of Pak-Turk Maarif International Schools and Colleges which is aimed to bring out mathematical intelligence and skillfulness among young Pakistani mathematicians.
The MISMO’s prime focus is to assess such a high number of the cohort on both qualitative and quantitative scales and bring together students from diverse academic cultures and different regions.
An amazing and exciting feature of MISMO-2022 is the availability of proficiency mapping of participants at the individual level, as well as school-wise, city-wise, region-wise, and nation-wide proficiency reports.
The MISMO applications regularly open in September every year and the competition is held on the last Sunday of November.
Pak-Turk Maarif believes in providing equal opportunity, therefore, MISMO applications are accepted from the students of Public and Private schools across Pakistan.
Through MISMO, the Pak-Turk Maarif provides a neutral platform for the students to think and resolve logical and analytical problems and showcase their mathematical skills.
Country Director of Pak-Turk Maarif International Schools & Colleges, Harun Küçükaladaglı, stated that the motto of the 2022 MISMO Olympiad is “who will be the next Al-Khwarizmi of Pakistan?"
“We want to motivate the students to discover their potential rather than implying this event as merely a contest,” he said. “We aim to spread awareness among people about our historical personalities, and scholars who have contributed to the world's history with their discoveries,” he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2022.