National newspaper highlights OBMEP National Awards Ceremony
More than 700 media outlets reported on the event, including Band TV and Agência Brasil
“The talent for learning mathematics is geographically distributed throughout the country and in all social groups, and the Olympiad has this magical ability to identify and recognize this talent,” said IMPA’s director-general, Marcelo Viana, in an interview to the National Newspaper. The report by journalist Pedro Bassan, which was aired last Monday (30), covered the National Awards Ceremony of the 19th OBMEP and told the story of the gold medalists, Pedro Paiva, Ingrid Carvalho and Matheus Mundstock. The students joined IMPA Tech thanks to the medals they won at the Olympiad. Check it out in full.
“I’m [graduating] surrounded by people who will add to my personal and academic life,” said Ingrid in an interview.
The ceremony, held in Rio de Janeiro, honored the 683 best-placed students in the 19th edition of the Olympiad and was featured in 700 media outlets. Globo News, Band TV, portals G1 and Agência Brasil and Rádio Itatiaia also reported on the ceremony.
A Band TV heard the student from Cefet/RJ (Celso Suckow da Fonseca Federal Technological Education Center), Daniella de Almeida, 15. The young woman’s academic career has been marked by public education. “It was very important, I didn’t think I could do it, I always saw students going to big universities, but I thought they were private school students who had money,” said the medal winner.
A Itatiaiathe main radio station in Minas Gerais, spoke to the student Mateus Mundstock, who received his seventh OBMEP gold medal. The young man was born in Viçosa (MG), but it was in Rio Paranaíba (MG) that he grew up and had contact with the knowledge Olympiad. Now in Rio de Janeiro, Mateus is one of IMPA’s undergraduate students.
“I’m very happy, very pleased to be receiving my seventh gold medal. Ever since my first OBMEP award, I had this dream of one day receiving seven gold medals. It’s what opened many doors for me,” said the medalist.
A Agência Brasil highlighted the scope of the Olympics in the country. “There were representatives from 5,564 Brazilian municipalities (99.9%), from all federal units. In all, 56,513 institutions took part in this edition,” said the website, which also highlighted Minister Luciana Santos’ statement at the event. “This is a success story. No wonder there are millions of children taking part. And what we really want to do is ensure that this transforms the lives of these children. It’s a huge effort on the part of the families who get involved in this marathon, in which the students fall in love and go in search of this learning”
G1, CNN, Science Newspapers, O Dia, O Povo and hundreds of local media outlets also reported on the Olympiad’s National Awards Ceremony. The ceremony was also attended by the Minister of Education, Camilo Santana, MEC’s Secretary of Basic Education, Kátia Helena Serafina Cruz Schweickardt, MCTI’s Secretary of Science and Technology for Social Development, Inácio Arruda, Rio de Janeiro’s State Secretary of Education, Roberta Barreto, Rio’s Municipal Secretary of Education, Renan Ferreirinha, who was an OBMEP medalist, and IMPA’s Deputy Director and Olympics Manager, Jorge Vitório Pereira.
