13th Pan African Mathematics Olympiad
of the African Mathematical Union
PAMO 2003: 19 April - 27 April 2003,
Maputo, Mozambique
Procedures for Participation
Preamble
The African Mathematical Union Commission on the Pan African Mathematics
Olympiads has published new PAMO regulations, applicable from January 1, 2001.
These regulations cover matters that do not change from year to year. If a host
country wishes to vary any of them, they must obtain the agreement of the
AMUPAMO beforehand.
In addition to these permanent regulations, each year the AMUPAMO, in
consultation with the Local Organizing Committee of the current PAMO, will make
procedures relating to:
· the place and dates of the next PAMO
· the date by which official acceptance of the invitation to participate must
be received
· the date by which participating countries must send information about team
leaders and team members
· the date by which problems proposed for the competition must be received by
the LOC
· the official programme of the Olympiad.
The official languages of PAM0 are French and English
The 13th Pan African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO 2003) will take place at Maputo,
Mozambique, from 19 April to 27 April 2003.
1. Participation in PAMO
a) Participation in PAMO is by invitation.
b) Each invited country wishing to participate in PAMO 2003 must send an
official acceptance, which must be received before Friday 14 February 2003, by
the AMUPAMO Chairperson:
Prof. Nouzha El Yacoubi
Department of Mathematics and Informatic
Faculty of Sciences, P.O.Box: 1014, Rabat Morocco.
Fax: 212 37 77 30 44
E-mail: elyac-sb@fsr.ac.ma / nelyacoubi@yahoo.fr
2. Teams
2.1. Each country is entitled to send to the host country a team consisting
of a team leader and at most four (4) pupils.
2.2. The team leader must be a mathematics teacher at the secondary or tertiary
level.
2.3. Each pupil must be less than twenty (20) years old on the day of the second
examination paper.
2.4. Pupils must not be enrolled in any post-secondary institution.
2.5. Each participating country must provide the Chairperson of AMUPAMO and the
President of the LOC with contact details: address, phone, fax numbers, E-mails.
etc..
2.6. Each participating country must provide the President of the LOC with the
list of its team members and send a copy to the Chairperson of AMUPAMO before
Friday 28 March 2003 to the address :
Mr. Ismael Cassamo Nheze
President of the PAMO 2003 Local Organizing Committee
Ministry of Education
Maputo Mozambique
E-mail: Ismael.Nheze@mined.gov.mz
2.7. Deputy leader:
The team leader of each participating country may be assisted by a deputy leader
to supervise the welfare of the team. The deputy leader may not attend the
meetings of the Jury. Each participating country is responsible for the travel,
board and lodging costs of their deputy leader.
3. The responsibility of the participating countries
3.1 The host country cover accommodation, meals and local transport costs of:
a) The team leader and the team members of each participating country
b) The representatives of the African Mathematical Union, in particular the
Chairperson of AMUPAMO and the Mediator
c) The representative of the country, which will host the next PAMO
d) One or two specialists of the International Mathematics Olympiads invited by
the Chairperson of AMUPAMO.
e) The co-ordinators of the current edition
3.2 Participating countries are responsible for all the travel costs of their
team to and from the host country.
4. Mathematical Problems for PAMO 2003
4.1 (i) Every member of the AMUPAMO is required to propose three problems of
1h30 duration with solutions for the Olympiad.
(ii) Each country taking part in the Olympiad is required to submit six problems
of 1h30 duration with solutions for the Olympiad.
4.2 The problems must cover, as far as possible, different areas of interest of
pre-university mathematics and should be of different levels of difficulty. The
problems must be submitted in English or in French.
4.3 The problems must be sent under confidential cover to the President of the
LOC, to be received before Friday 28 February 2003.
4.4 Problems submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.
5. The Mediator
5.1 The AMUPAMO appoints for each PAMO and for the term of one year a
Mediator, who must be an African mathematician who is a prominent member of the
AMU and has experience of PAMO.
5.2 The Mediator must be fluent in both official languages of PAMO..
5.3 The Mediator is required to :
(i) Collect a bank of Mathematics Olympiads Problems and to make it available to
the Problems Committee (see 6).
(ii) Participate in the various working meetings.
(iii) Provide mediation before and during the marking process, in case of
disputes between members of the Jury.
5.4 Nomination of the Mediator of PAMO 2003 :
Professor Daouda Sangaré has been appointed as Mediator of PAMO 2003 by the
AMUPAMO
6. The Problems Committee
The Problems Committee of the PAMO will include :
· As Chairman of the Problems Committee : The Mediator of PAMO.
· And as members : *The Chairperson of the AMUPAMO
*The President of the LOC.
*Some invited specialist guest representing the IMO
*Mathematics educators, teachers and lecturers of the host country.
The Problems Committee will meet in Maputo from 16 April to 19 April 2003, in
order to work on the proposals for problems of the participating countries, and
to recommend a short list of about twenty (20 problems).
7. Jury
7.1 The Jury is composed of the Chairperson of the AMUPAMO, the President of
the LOC, the Mediator, the member of the AMUPAMO from the host country (if
applicable), and the team leaders of the participating countries.
The invited International Mathematics Olympiad specialist(s), the representative
of the next host country, and the observers may attend the Jury but do not have
the right to vote.
The Jury is chaired by the Chairperson of the AMUPAMO, namely Prof. Nouzha El
Yacoubi.
7.2. Each team leader must be proficient in one of the two official languages of
PAMO, English and French, and must be able to translate the selected problems
into the official language of his or her team.
7.3. The Jury has the responsibility to select 12 problems from the short list
recommended by the Problems Committee.
8. The Supervising Committee
8.1 The Supervising Committee is composed of the Chairperson of AMUPAMO, the
President of the LOC and the Mediator.
8.2 The supervising Committee has the responsibility to choose 6 problems from
the 12 selected by the Jury for the current Olympiad.
8.3 The Supervising Committee has the responsibility of all the edition of PAMO
8.4 The Supervising Committee can invite one or two of the specialist guest for
assistance.
9. Marking and Co-ordination
The AMUPAMO in agreement with the LOC of PAMO 2003 will appoint a team of
co-ordinators who will meet with the Jury when the final selection of six
problems has been made and the mark schemes are drawn up.
Each problem will be awarded a mark (a whole number in the range from 0 to 7)
Contestants' solutions will initially be assessed by their team leader. The team
leader will present the contestants' solution to a co-ordinator, and a mark for
each question will be agreed upon in accordance with the marking scheme. The
scores will be recorded on an official form and signed by the team leader and
the co-ordinator.
If the team leader and the co-ordinator fail to agree on a score for a
contestant, the matter will be referred to the Supervising Committee whose
decision shall be final.
10. Prizes
10.1 The host country awards medals, prizes and certificates of participation
10.2 a) Medals for candidates
Gold Medals, Silver Medals and Bronze Medals will be awarded in approximately
the ratio 1:2:3.The total number of medals awarded will not be more than half of
the number of contestants.
b) Medals for countries
Countries will be ranked by taking the average of the scores of their team
members. The team leaders of the top three countries will be awarded Gold,
Silver and Bronze Medals.
10.3 Special prizes may be awarded for solutions considered outstanding by the
Jury.
10.4 Each contestant who has not won a medal will receive a certificate of
Honourable Mention if he or she has scored full marks (7) for at least one
problem.
10.5 The host country must provide certificates of participation for all the
candidates who took part in the Olympiad, and special certificates for the
winners of Gold, Silver or Bronze Medals and Honourable Mention.
10.6 The Chairperson of AMUPAMO and the President of the LOC, must sign all the
certificates.
11. Gifts
Each participating country should bring gifts of a cultural nature to be
exchanged with participants from other countries.
12. Programme for PAMO 2003
Saturday 19 April Arrival of teams for PAMO 2003
Sunday 20 April Morning Opening Ceremony
Afternoon Jury meeting
Monday 21 April Jury meeting
Tuesday 22 April Jury meeting
Wednesday 23 April Morning First examination
Afternoon Marking of the first examination
Thursday 24 April Morning Second examination
Afternoon Marking of the second examination
Friday 25 April Jury meeting Final results and award of medals
Saturday 26 April Morning Excursion
Evening Closing Ceremony of PAMO 2003
Sunday 27 April Departure of teams
13. Syllabus
There is no official syllabus. The problems must cover, as far as possible,
different areas of interest of pre-university education, in particular Algebra,
Geometry, Number Theory and Combinatory.
Problems must be original. Students must be able to solve them only with
basic arguments without referring to sophisticated theoretical knowledge.
14. Deadlines
Friday 14 February 2003 : Deadline for notification of participation in PAMO
2003 : to be sent to the AMUPAMO Chairperson.
Friday 28 February 2003 : Deadline for receipt of proposals of PAMO 2003
problems : to be sent to the President of the LOC.
Friday 28 March 2003 : Deadline for receipt of the names of team members : to be
sent to the President of the LOC, with a copy to the AMUPAMO Chairperson.
African Mathematical Union Commission Local Organizing Committee
On Pan African Mathematics Olympiads of the 13th Pan African
(AMUPAMO) Mathematics Olympiad (LOC) Chairperson: Prof. Nouzha EL Yacoubi
President: Mr. Ismael Cassamo Nheze
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