July 24, 2015
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Tonga Soroban Competition in Vava'u
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One of the Regional Competitions of the Tonga Soroban Competition, co-hosted annually by the Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Tonga and the Ministry of Education and Training of Tonga, was held in Neiafu, Vava’u last Friday 24th July, 2015.
19 primary schools throughout Vava’u participated in the competition held at the Maamamo‘onia Hall of the Mailefihi Siu‘ilikutapu College. A total number of 300 students from Class 3 to Class 5 competed with each other in three categories: written examination, oral examination, and flash examination.
Neiafu Government Primary School ranked first again, following the last year, in this year’s soroban competition in Vava’u. The top three students in the written examination from Classes 3 and 4 are to represent Vava’u Primary Schools in the National Soroban Competition to be held in Nuku’alofa, next year in March. (kindly refer to the attachment for the result of the soroban competition in Vava’u).
Neiafu Government Primary School ranked first again, following the last year, in this year’s soroban competition in Vava’u. The top three students in the written examination from Classes 3 and 4 are to represent Vava’u Primary Schools in the National Soroban Competition to be held in Nuku’alofa, next year in March. (kindly refer to the attachment for the result of the soroban competition in Vava’u).
Soroban education started in Tonga since the 1970’s and has served as one of the foundations of long-standing and strong ties between Japan and Tonga, and has been proven to contribute to strengthen mathematical skills of primary students throughout Tonga, hence incorporated as a compulsory element of the mathematics subjects from Class 3 to Class 5 in Government Primary Schools in the Kingdom.
The Tonga Soroban Competition is co-hosted annually by the Embassy of Japan in Nuku’alofa and the Ministry of Education and Training since 2010. The Competition starts with annual Regional Competitions for the outer islands prior to the National Competition in Nuku’alofa. This year’s competition started in Vava’u on Friday, 24 July, in Ha’apai on August 6th, and in Tongatapu on August 18th, 20th and 25th, and later in ‘Eua on September 10th, before the National competition in March 2016.
The series of Soroban Competitions are supported by the Tonga Soroban Education Association, JICA Tonga Office, and Japan International Soroban Diffusion Foundation.
Result (PDF)
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