Math Challenge is an annual national inter-school competition in which students from class 7, 8, 9 and 10 will have the opportunity to demonstrate their intellectual, analytical and problem solving skills in Math. The competition aims to:
- Strengthen the mathematical reasoning and analytical capabilities of the next generation of problem solvers in Pakistan
- Foster a love of mathematics, and
- Identify Math talent.
The competition will be held in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad from January – March 2018. Math Challenge will be conducted using the latest quiz technology systems and will allow students to demonstrate their intellectual, analytical and problem solving skills using Math.
Schools in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad are invited to register for the 2018 competition. Each participating school must have a minimum of 100 participating students to register.
The competition will be conducted over four rounds.
- School Round: An initial school round will be held to qualify for the preliminary round and to identify talented Mathematicians for selection in the school teams.
- Preliminary Round: This round will be conducted in each city, bringing together the competing teams from each school.
- Regional Round: The winning teams from the preliminary round will proceed to the regional round in each of the three cities.
- Final Round: The regional winners will compete in the final round to be held in Karachi.
Winning teams will be crowned the regional (for each competing city) and national champions, and will be covered in the media.