Introduction of Kangaroo Math

  • The Kangaroo Math Competition is an international school-level mathematics competition organized by the Association Kangourou sans Frontières (AKSF), a transnational educational group based in Paris. Founded in the early 1980s, the Kangaroo Math Competition is currently the world’s largest math competition, with more than 6 million participants from over 100 countries in 2024.
  • Malaysia was inducted into AKSF in 2012 and has been sanctioned by AKSF to organize the Kangaroo Math Competition in Malaysia since 2013. In 2024, almost 70,000 students from over 2,000 schools across Malaysia participated in the Kangaroo Math Competition.
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Our Objectives

Achieve

To allow Malaysian school students to achieve certification and recognition from an internationally prominent education body

Support

To support the internationalization effort of Malaysia’s education system as outlined in “Pelan Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia 2013-2025”

Increase

To increase Malaysia’s participation to be at par with other established countries in the International Kangaroo Mathematics Competition

Popularize

To popularize mathematical enrichment activities among students and teachers in Malaysia

Expose

To expose students with math problems designed by internationally renowned math educators

Apply

To allow students to apply their knowledge in Mathematics that they have learned in school

Who Should Participate?

Kangaroo is catered to all school students from Year 1 to Form 6 with six different categories with differing levels of difficulty.

Benefits for students

Boost

Boosting student interest in Mathematics by relating concepts to real-world situations

Excel

Road to excel in other competitive math competition for example the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO)

Skills

Sharpen problem solving and analytical thinking skills by working on Kangaroo Math questions

Abilities

Sharpen student abilities to answer HOTS questions

Recognition

Gain recognition for your efforts and achievements through certificates

Competition Procedure

  • The students should only be registered by the designated Teacher-In-Charge
  • Register at contesthub.my/register
  • Fill in teachers and school details
  • Fill in student’s details in the List of Competition
  • Complete the payment
  • Question packages and Teacher’s Guide booklet will be sent to schools or centers
  • On the competition day, the schools will conduct the contest at their own venues
  • Schools are responsible for enforcing the regulations of the competition
  • Schools will send back the OMR answer sheets to the Secretariat
  • The results will be announced 3 months after the competition
  • The certificate and medal (if any) will be posted to the school 2 months after the result is published

Join the largest Mathematics Competition In Malaysia

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