Olympiad Training Programme
The Olympiad Training Programme is one of the main initiatives undertaken by the OREPA Student Chapter when it comes to the academic sector of Royal College. The program first took off in March 2015, with the participation of 35 students who were selected through a preliminary test. The relatively low number in the student count was mainly due to the time constraints enforced by the imminent date of the first round of the Olympiad selection test(known as the Sri Lanka Mathematics Competition) - 25th of April, 2015.
Project Chairperson : A.K. Ruwanpathirana
Project Team : S.G. Jayaweera, K.T.S. Kumarage, D.R. Atapattu
Olympiad Training Programme 2017
The 2017 version of the Olympiad programme was a three-phase program. The initial phase of the program consisted of a recognition program for the students who had achieved success at the earlier editions of Olympiad competitions including the International Mathematical Olympiad 2016 and 2017.
The second phase of the programme, was a skills development program aimed at the students from Grade 6 to Grade 10. This phase was intended to introduce the students to the basic concepts relevant to the Mathematical Olympiads and how to face a mathematical competition of that caliber. The student selection process for the program was already underway and the final student list and the program outline was to be drawn as soon as the selection process was over. For the skills development program, 25 students were selected based on their achievement in the initial selection paper. The selection paper was made available to all students, and those interested could attempt it and submit it within the set deadline. The selected students from this exam were given a training session after school once every two weeks during the duration of the project where they were introduced to the basics of problem-solving, number theory, combinatorics, and geometry as well as some simple algebra. The sessions were conducted with the help of university undergraduates and students who had participated at the International Mathematical Olympiad before.
The next phase of the Olympiad program, the advanced training program was a specially designed training regarding the Sri Lanka Mathematics Competition which was the main selection competition for the International Mathematics Olympiad team from Sri Lanka. This phase spanned from February to March 2018, covering the basic concepts and conducting necessary paper discussion regarding the Sri Lanka Mathematics Competition which was to be held in April 2018.