27th edition of the Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) hosted at AIMS South Africa

Morocco was ranked the top team at PAMO 2019, followed by host country South Africa in second place and Tunisia in third place. Other participating countries, in no particular order, were Botswana, Ghana, Malawi, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria. The Olympiad was hosted by AIMS South Africa, in collaboration with the South African Mathematics Foundation

Maths intervention to help kids

A total of 200 Grade 8 learners from AZ Berman High School in Tafelsig have been recruited into a maths intervention programme, which has been made possible by GrandWest and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). The programme aims to improve mathematical abilities and maths results. To view the full article please click here.

AIMSSEC MT30

AIMSSEC held their 30th Mathematical Thinking (MT) course from 17 to 26 March 2019 at the Cape Academy for Mathematics, Science and Technology, in Constantia, Cape Town. Seventy-six teachers from four provinces (forty-six from the Eastern Cape, twenty from Limpopo, six from KwaZulu-Natal, and four from the Western Cape) attended the ten-day residential part of

Research at AIMSSEC

The following research papers were conducted on AIMSSEC’s work: A paper delivered by Dr Jennie Golding presented at the AFRICME5 conference in Dar Es Salam In August 2018. Jennie facilitated three times on our MT course. She is an Associate Professor at University College London Institute of Education which has been Number 1 for Education

Professional development for teacher educators and teachers in Uganda

The AIMSSEC Mathematical Thinking Course was held at Makerere University from 2 to 12 January 2019 for 52 mathematics teachers and teacher educators, thirty-eight from Uganda, eight from Tanzania, three from Kenya and three from Rwanda, providing an introduction to inquiry-based learning. Through generous donations, mainly from Dr Marjorie Batchelor and her family in honour of,

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