In our program, we have sought out ninth-grade students who, despite being talented in mathematics, have not yet had the opportunity to develop their potential during their studies so far.
Visiting Schools
We believe it is essential to establish a personal connection with as many students as possible. Therefore, during the fall semester, we will hold a morning session at each participating school. During this morning, students will encounter engaging, playful, and beautiful mathematical problems. When designing these sessions, we strive to ensure that the program is enjoyable for every interested student.
- Duration: 3 school lessons.
- Scheduling: The programs take place on weekdays during regular school hours; exact details will be coordinated with each school individually.
- Group Size: Minimum of 8, maximum of 30 participants.
Intensive Training
Through the activities organized at the visited schools, we connect with a large number of students. We hope that many of them will want to pursue mathematics more seriously. For them, we would like to offer a 2.5-year training program designed to enhance their mathematical abilities.
Students who are interested—and meet certain entry requirements—will be given the opportunity to participate in the intensive program starting in the spring semester. The sessions will take up one full weekday per month.
Venue: ELTE Eötvös József Collegium
Our Educational Philosophy
Our most important goal is to teach children how to think: we try to guide them away from searching their memories for formulas, memorized methods, or applicable theorems. Instead, we encourage them to unleash their imagination, brainstorm boldly, and think creatively.
The teachers running the programs do not give lectures, nor do they simply implant factual knowledge that goes beyond the standard school curriculum into the students’ heads. We want to host sessions where students can actively connect—meaning they are not passive participants in the class, but active players, and indeed, shapers of it. The latter means that the teacher adapts to the group’s abilities and interests along the way, and interesting questions raised by the students themselves can be included in the problems to be solved.
In addition to all this, we consider it vital that the sessions take place in a great atmosphere and that students enjoy participating. We hope their progress will eventually be reflected in their competition results, but direct competition preparation is not our goal at all.
Between sessions, we expect regular and thorough homework from the participants, as this is the only way to ensure that the program truly benefits them.