August 6, 2015
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Tonga Soroban Competition in Ha’apai
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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 Pangai, Ha’apai on Thursday 6th August, 2015.
A total number of 290 soroban students from Class 3 to Class 5 competed with each other in three categories: written examination, oral examination, and flash examination. Eight Government Primary Schools in Ha’apai joined the competition including the Government Primary School of Fakakakai and Ha’ano.
Pangai Government Primary School ranked first in the overall competition, Fotua Government Primary School came second and Faleloa Government Primary School came third. The top three students in the written examination from Classes 3 and 4 are to represent Ha’apai 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 Ha’apai).
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 Tonga and the Ministry of Education and Training since 2010. The Competition starts with the 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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