Josephians Shine at World Economics Cup

Several Year 5 Josephians participated in the World Economics Cup (WEC) from 11-12 Sept 2021, an annual international economic education initiative & platform for students who are interested in economics. It aims to identify, inspire, empower & support the next generation of leaders in the economics field & develop their international network. These are the awards achieved by our team at their first WEC:

Individual Awards

1. Gold: Hoang Viet Giang Huong (FN505)

2. Silver: Pham Ho Vuong (ML513), Benedict Chua Wei An (ML515), Disha Harish (LE507)

3. Bronze - Ian Lee Zhi Kai (ML514), Madhu Pavan (FN505)

These Gold, Silver, Bronze medals were awarded to a certain percentage of contestants based on their aggregated scores on “Fundamental” (Individual score). “ Deep Comprehension” (individual score) & “ Thinking & Innovation” (Team score). The percentages were justified by the WEC jury committee based on the distribution of actual test scores.

1. *Fundamentals World Top 20* - Hoang Viet Giang Huong (FN505)

2. *Deep Comprehension World top 30* - Hoang Viet Giang Huong (FN505)

Group Awards

1. *World Top 10 National Team* - SJI 6th

2. *Thinking and Innovation Top 10 team* - SJI 1st

Ms Cherie Chua & Ms Alice Wijaya were their teacher mentors. The team’s wins were hard-fought because the competition was conducted on Greenwich Mean Time & over the weekends, and the turnover for the competition was also very fast – 48 hours. Ms Chua complimented the team for their drive & motivation as they did a lot of the preparatory work on their own.