23/05/2023

OBMEP ceremony brings together more than a thousand students in Florianópolis.

Cerimônia de Premiação / 2022

The Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad for Public Schools (OBMEP) will hold the largest national awards ceremony in its history, bringing together more than a thousand students in Florianópolis (SC), on June 5th . The unprecedented ceremony will reunite the gold medalists from the 16th and 17th editions of the Olympiad for a joint celebration. The event will also honor President Lula , who was President of the Republic when OBMEP was created in 2005, and other personalities who have been part of the Olympiad's history.

“This year the national awards ceremony will have a very special flavor, as we are bringing together medalists from two different editions. There will be more than a thousand gold medalists, coming from all corners of Brazil,” said Marcelo Viana, director-general of IMPA.

Organized by the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA) , OBMEP brings together more than 18 million participants, from the 6th grade of elementary school to the 3rd year of high school, in 99.8% of the country's municipalities. The national competition awards normally have 575 gold medalists, but as the Covid-19 pandemic prevented the in-person event in previous years, this ceremony will bring together the winners from two editions.

In total, 1,089 young people from all regions of the country will have the opportunity to experience something unique. They will travel with a delegation of students from their states, accompanied by a teacher, to receive their coveted gold medal. The event is entirely sponsored by OBMEP, which covers the costs of transportation, accommodation, and food for the participants.

Over three days, young people participate in fun academic activities, watch presentations, exchange experiences, and enter a raffle to win prizes. The program will also include a lecture by IMPA researcher Paulo Orenstein, who is part of the Pi Center (IMPA's Center for Projects and Innovation).

“The ceremony brings together the best students in the country in a large event. Many of them will be leaving their municipalities for the first time and will have the opportunity to meet other young people who, like them, enjoy mathematics. In addition to the medal ceremony, the students will attend a lecture on data science given by a young professor from IMPA, and will participate in various recreational activities,” commented Claudio Landim, deputy director of IMPA and general coordinator of OBMEP.

President Lula will be honored at the ceremony.

In a celebratory atmosphere, the ceremony also pays homage to important figures who have been part of the history of the Olympiad. Besides President Lula, the list includes the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, who headed the Ministry of Education at the time of the creation of OBMEP; the former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, professor at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Sergio Rezende; the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes; and the municipal secretary of education of Rio, Renan Ferreirinha, a multi-medalist of OBMEP during his student years.

About OBMEP

Created and organized by IMPA (Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics), with support from SBM (Brazilian Mathematical Society), the competition is promoted with resources from the Ministry of Education (MEC) and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI).

Aimed at students from the 6th grade of elementary school to the 3rd year of high school, OBMEP contributes to stimulating the study of Mathematics and identifying young talents in the discipline. Other objectives of the initiative are to promote social inclusion through the dissemination of knowledge and to contribute to improving the quality of basic education, allowing a greater number of Brazilian students to access quality teaching materials.