Soroban Competition in Ha‘apai Featured
Primary Schools students participated in the competition
25 July, 2016. The District Soroban Competition co-hosted annually by Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Tonga and the Ministry of Education and Training was held for Ha‘apai soroban students on Thursday, 21 July 2016 at the Ha‘apai High School Hall from 9:00am.
A total of 216 soroban students from Class 3 to Class 5 competed this year in the written examination, oral examination, and flash examination.
Six Government Primary Schools participated in the competition; GPS Fakakai, GPS Faleloa, GPS Fotua, GPS Koulo, GPS Pangai and GPS Tongoleleka
Fotua Government Primary School ranked first in the overall competition, Faleloa Government Primary School came second and Pangai Government Primary School came third.
The top three students in the written examination from Classes 3 and 4 are to represent Ha’apai Primary Schools in the National Soroban Competition in Nuku‘alofa, next year in March.
Soroban education was introduced in the 1970’s in the Kingdom.
The Ministry of Education and Training has proven that soroban contributes to strengthen the mathematical skills of primary students, and has incorporated soroban education as a compulsory element of the mathematics subjects from Class 3 to Class 5 for all Government Primary Schools.
Embassy of Japan in Nuku’alofa and the Ministry of Education and Training co-hosted the Soroban Competition since 2010.
This year’s Competition started from Ha’apai, before Vava’u in August 4, and later for Tongatapu on the 16, 18 and 25 of August. The competition for ‘Eua Island will be in September 8th 2016, before the National Competition in March 2017 joined by a group of young soroban students visiting from Japan.
The Soroban Competitions are supported by the Tonga Soroban Education Association, JICA Tonga Office, and Japan International Soroban Diffusion Foundation.
Results:
-Embassy of Japan
