{"id":3045,"date":"2021-12-15T15:28:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T07:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/140.122.164.70\/?page_id=3045"},"modified":"2022-05-25T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T10:08:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tpmso.org\/apho\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About APhO"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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History<\/span><\/p>

Asian Physics Olympiad(APhO) is currently the premier physics competition for pre-university students from Asian countries, and it is organized annually for secondary students. APhO is modeled after the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) and demands a similar level of intellectual capability from the participants. The main difference between APhO and IPhO is that a national team for APhO is composed of eight students at the most, instead of five for IPhO. The contestants are expected to be selected from general or technical secondary schools of the respective participating countries. The age of the competitors should not exceed twenty on June 30th of the year of the competition.<\/p>

The APhO has its origins in the IPhO, and the first IPhO was held in Warsaw in 1967 as a premier physics competition for pre-university students from around the world. In 1999, the team leader of Indonesia, Dr. Yohanes Surya, together with the late President of IPhO, Prof. Waldemar Gorzkowski, undertook to create and organize the first Asian Physics Olympiad in April 2000 in Indonesia. This event attracted participation from 12 Asian countries. Its successful implementation has been followed by the subsequent host countries, Taiwan (2001), Singapore (2002), Thailand (2003), Vietnam (2004), Indonesia (2005, second time), Kazakhstan (2006), China (2007), Mongolia (2008), Thailand (2009, second time), Taiwan (2010, second time), Israel (2011), India (2012), Indonesia (2013, third time), Singapore (2014, second time), China (2015, second time), Hong Kong (2016), Russia (2017), Vietnam (2018) and Australia (2019).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The purposes to held Asian Physics Olympiad annually are: to promote regional collaboration in physics education and to help in setting up physics competitions in their own countries for assisting in the preparation of Asian students in international physics competitions. During the competition, participants also experience cultural exchange activities to increase mutual respect and gain an understanding among different lifestyles.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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As a member of the APhO community, Taiwan takes the responsibility as a member to host APhO. The 21st APhO was planned to be held in 2020 in Taipei, but the outbreak of SARS-COV-2 has postponed it to 2021. Though Taiwan has well-controlled the spreading of COVID-19 virus, the pandemic’s surge forces us to host the APhO online.<\/p>\n

Taiwan has successfully hosted the 2nd and 11th APhO, and now, we sincerely welcome the previous APhO participants taking part in the 21st Asian Physics Olympiad online. On behalf of the local organizing committee, we welcome all the APhO members to experience the new way to enjoy the competition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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