IPB Wins Seven Awards at the National Olympiad of Mathematics and Natural Sciences 2018
National Olympiad Team of Mathematics and Natural Sciences–University (ON MIPA–PT) 2018 of Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) has claimed an excellent achievement. At the championship held at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang on 4-7 May 2018, IPB sends 13 students to compete in the field of mathematics, physics, biology, and chemistry.
IPB team for Biology wins three awards. Siswandi Aji Hutomo, a student of the Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, IPB wins a gold medal on ON MIPA in the field of Biology. While the bronze medal is also brought home by Meilisa Dwi Nurdiyanti. IPB team for Physics, Muhammad Ahyad, has also successfully won a silver medal.
Furthermore, students of IPB also grabs an Honorable Mention on every field of ON MIPA–PT. Nugrah Abil Akbar in the field of physics, Grace Reni Agustina in the field of mathematics, Muhamad Raffel Sidiq in the field of biology, and Sofiatun Hasanah in the field of chemistry.
ON MIPA is an individual university-level competition held annually by the Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, Republic of Indonesia (Kemenristekdikti RI).
This year, ON MIPA is joined by 78 universities in Indonesia with 256 students as its participants, including 13 delegations from IPB.
On the Olympiad, participants perform essay examinations to solve the problem analytically in the field of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology.
Participants were also given material at the workshop event with the theme “ON MIPA Learning Paradigm in Industrial Age 4.0”.
Head Of Sub-Directorate For Development Of Student Reputation And Achievement, Dr. Ujang Suwarna, conveys the process through which IPB students go to the final stage. “Socialization and selection of ON MIPA IPB started from December 2017. The coaching of 28 selected ON MIPA students has been conducted during January to March 2018. On 21-22 March 2018, ON MIPA selection was held at Jabodetabek area and elected 13 students. These 13 selected students were scouted from April to May 2018. On ON MIPA National, IPB students won seven medals,” he said.
Judging from the achievements of IPB students on ON MIPA in the last five years, IPB students never missed bringing the medal. A big hope is pinned to the IPB team to do better at the ON MIPA 2019. “We hope that IPB students can achieve more in the next year, for that will increase IPB’ reputation and ranking,” added Dr. Ujang. (Ff/ris)
