Tag: Damjan Davkov
Macedonia 23.07.21 | 21:36

Math genius from Stip wins silver medal at the IMO international olympiad

13 years old math wiz from Stip Damjan Davkov won the silver medal at the IMO International Math Olympiad, while Blaze Suklevski and Nikola Spirovski won bronze medals. Davkov’s mother says that this makes him the youngest silver medal winner in Europe and the sixth younger in the world. This is...

Macedonia 05.07.21 | 12:30

The young mathematician, to whom the Education Ministry refused to give award, brings gold medal to Macedonia

The young math genius Damjan Davkov from Stip, the eighth-grader whom the Ministry of Science and Education refused to give an award and recognition when he won a high school competition, won the gold medal at the Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad – JBMO, hosted by Moldova. Damjan’s mother...

Macedonia 07.02.21 | 20:45

Family of snubbed math wiz speaks out as the Education Minister adds insult to injury

Nikica Davkova, the mother of eight-grader Damjan Davkov who was denied an award after beating high-school students in a math competition, spoke out publicly after the embarrassing move by the Education Ministry. Minister Mila Carovska’s office defended the decision insisting that by law the boy...

Macedonia 05.02.21 | 12:08

Mickoski on injustice inflicted on young mathematician Damjan: This happens when the state doesn’t protect quality, when poor quality suffocates quality

Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of VMRO DPMNE, who is also a professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Skopje, extended unreserved support to eight grade student Damjan Davkov, who won a math competition for first year of high school, but the Ministry of Education and Science refused to award...