UCMAS BANGLADESH
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We are proud to introduce an amazing educational concept, named the "Universal Concept of Mental Arithmetic System" or more commonly known as "UCMAS," with the aim of providing training courses for children to assist them in upgrading their mental capacities and brainpower with the aim of ensuring that "learning is fun."
This modern representation of the ancient art of mental mathematics is a unique and scientifically proven concept that is gaining popularity worldwide as a powerful learning tool in helping millions of children to develop their intellect from an early stage and overcome their fear of mathematics. Armed with enhanced memory, concentration, comprehension, attentiveness, creativity and self confidence. U C MAS students are more able to overcome exam-related tensions and excel in all subjects. This is a whole brain development program catering to the needs of children between the ages of 4 to 13 years, based on a confluence of an ancient Chinese
concept and modern scientific research to bring about speedy and accurate calculation using a very simple tool called the abacus. Developed in Malaysia from "Zhusuan Methodology", the U C MAS system has been growing steadily since the establishment of our Head Office in Malaysia in 1993 and has already achieved enormous international success in developing all over excellence in the academic lives of millions of children throughout Asia, the Gulf, USA, Canada, Europe, Australasia and now Africa, carrying ISO 9001:2000 accreditation.
The using of the abacus in mental arithmetic when developed as a skill not only leads to an increase in concentration but also enhance the memory of the child in the formative years and help to habituating the mind to function diligently from an early age through stimulation and balanced development of both the left and right hemispheres of the brain. With deft and coordinated movement of fingers and quick reflexes, children achieve greater speed and consistent accuracy in mathematical calculations, essentials for success in our highly competitive world.
The course is provided in ten phases, starting with lessons on using the abacus, and thereafter lessons on addition and subtraction. Following a temporary withdrawal of the abacus, students are then taught to use their hands while doing mathematical equations to derive solutions. Often students from our centres are able to function faster than with a calculator, achieving addition and subtraction of a ten-digit number in ten steps within a period of less than one minute with pinpoint accuracy. Our fastest children can mentally add 10 rows of 12 digits numbers within 30 seconds, all in their head!
Multiplication is taught in Elementary B, with Division being introduced in the Intermediate A. It is possible to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponents, factors and percentage on the abacus. Children actually succeed in developing a liking for mathematics and a general rise in confidence levels.