Will the 10th IOIG Welcome a New Winner?

So far only Madagascar has prevented Reunion from winning all the previous nine games. And both times happened when the Big Island hosted them. Seychelles almost won the 8th edition on its own turf but in the end fell short by just two gold medals. The closest Mauritius got was a shortfall of 11 gold medals the last time it organised the games. But we didn’t have Krouink sixteen years ago.

Can Mauritius Do Better Than 56th in Maths?

That's how we did in the 2009 PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) survey. That puts us in the company of Thailand but a lot better than Qatar (80th) and Ghana (88th). But kind of far from the UK (28th) and Germany (16th). I think it was the only time we ever participated in this interesting exercise. Germany has used her PISA experience to improve her education system. Surely if its valuable to the exportweltmeister it will be for us too. Besides don't we pride ourselves on being quite good in the Queen of Sciences?

Speaking of mathematics there's also an important competition that we seemed to have missed since it was first organised back in... 1959. The 58th edition of the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) will take place in Rio de Janeiro between July 12 and 23. 109 countries have already confirmed their participation. Including plenty of African nations like Algeria, Botswana, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, South Africa and Tanzania. In last year's competition Thailand came out 12th. Even Syria will be in Rio. So should Mauritius. Details are at http://www.imo-official.org/.

2013: The Year in Review (Q4)

October: Ramgoolam sends toxic bean-counter packing. Ferguson is fan of Pele. Mansoor found Mao's cat. Munro may write again, after winning Nobel. Go ahead, make some good mistakes. Rose-Hill Transport takes service to new levels. World's most beautiful woman turns 40.

November: Desvaux says Illovo split switched after meeting. More proof crisis is homemade. 15% flat tax is enemy of good growth. Shouldn't we create a fiscal policy committee? Cricket-crazy nation says goodbye to Sachin. UK Prime Minister sends letter to Forum. How our Standards bureau can save lives. Mozart of chess becomes World Champion.

December: World to mourn Madiba for several days. Bheenick should make Vision 2020 public. Suarez wins player of the year award. Meeting Yvon St. Guillaume. 7.7 milyon malgas vote.

Read the review for Q1, Q2 and Q3.

7.7 Milyon Malgas Vote Zordi

Zot pe vot deziem tur eleksyon prezidansyel -- enn swa ant Hery ek Robinson. Zot pe osi elir zot bann depite. Hery se kandida Prezidan aktyel, Andry Rajoelina, ek Robinson se dimunn ansyen lomfor Mada, Marc Ravalomanana. Robinson ti gagn 21% promye tur e Hery ti gagn enn tigit mwins ki 16%.

Dimunn finn perdi lavi ar la pes bibonik bann dernye semen dan pei. Si salte pu vote li pu vote Robinson. Problem ki kav ena seki nu retruv nu ek enn sitiasyon de koabitasyon politik. Ravalomanana ti perdi puvwar par enn kudeta an 2009. Depi sa Mada finn konn enn insertitid politik konstan kinn apovri Malgas buku.

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