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The
Pan African Mathematics Olympiad Committee of Visitors
The
Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network has received
a grant from the John Templeton Foundation to convene a Committee
of Visitors (COV) to review the 2008 Pan African Mathematics
Olympiad (PAMO) and its corresponding training symposium, organized
by the African Mathematical Union (AMU). The training symposium,
which precedes PAMO annually, prepares team leaders from participating
African countries for the annual PAMO competition. This symposium,
to be attended by the COV, will be held in Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso, Africa on November 5-10, 2007. The COV
also will visit Cairo, Egypt, on August 17-27, 2008, to observe
PAMO 2008 and confer with the organizers and participants. PAMOCOV is an outgrowth
of the Templeton Foundation- and National Science Foundation-funded
International Workshop: Setting a Collaborative Mathematics
Education Research Agenda for Africa and the United States,
held July 31–August 1, 2006, in Dakar, Senegal. (Click HERE for
more information on the Dakar Conference and HERE to
view the Executive Summary of the Agenda) The first priority
in the collaborative mathematics education research agenda
formulated at the International Workshop was to identify and
nurture mathematical talent. Responding directly to this priority,
PAMOCOV will focus on examining the major effort in Africa
that reaches gifted students in mathematics to nurture and
develop their talent. The changing demographics
in Africa make the work of the PAMOCOV timely and significant.
In several African countries, at least 50 percent of the population
is under the age of 25. Education, especially in mathematics
and science, will play a critical role in the future economic
development of African nations. The findings of the PAMOCOV
have potential for sustained impact by contributing to greater
effectiveness of the AMU in reaching the best and the brightest
young people in mathematics throughout Africa. The work of
the PAMOCOV will provide independent, objective, and expert
guidance in this effort. If
you would like more information about the Templeton PAMO Committee
of Visitors grant,
please feel free to contact Monica Mitchell at (mmitchell@qem.org)
or Shirley McBay, at (smmcbay1@qem.org).
Either also can be reached by telephone at 202/659-1818. About
the John Templeton Foundation: The John
Templeton Foundation was established in 1987 by renowned international
investor, Sir John Templeton, to encourage a fresh appreciation
of the critical importance — for
all peoples and cultures — of the moral and spiritual dimensions
of life. The John Templeton Foundation seeks to act as a critical
catalyst for progress, especially by supporting studies which
demonstrate the benefits of an open, humble and progressive approach
to learning in these areas. It is the Foundation's purpose to
stimulate a high standard of excellence in scholarly understanding
which can serve to encourage further worldwide explorations of
the moral and spiritual dimensions of the Universe and of the
human potential within its ultimate purpose. ... From research
on the neuroscience of creativity and intelligence to a first-ever
bibliography on the benefits of accelerated programs for highly
gifted young people, this emerging area of the Foundation focuses
on a set of initiatives to communicate the nature, development,
and benefits of scientific genius and creativity.... The Foundation
currently funds more than 300 projects, studies, award programs
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