The photo on the right shows Katryn Mizzi, a student from Gozo Middle School, who won first prize in the ninth edition of the Malta Mathematics Olympiad. Katryn is the second woman to win the individual competition after Rachel Farrell, pictured in the photo on the left, in 2007. Thirty-seven schools participated in the 2017 edition of the Malta Mathematics Olympiad, which is organised by the Department of Curriculum Management at the Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education and is open for students attending Years 9 and 10 from State, Church and independent schools.