Merely eight minutes of time for solving 200 arithmetical questions and calculations is something that none of the toughest examination preparing graduate can even think of. But over 1,200 young students of UCMAS ABACUS between 4-14 years of age from across the State not only tried it during 8th All Jharkhand Abacus and Mental Arithmetic Competition, but more than a dozen among them even succeeded to bag title of Champion on April 16.
UCMAS ABACUS on Sunday felicitated as many as 87 such Champions and Runner-Ups in a programme organised at Guru Nanak School on Sunday evening, in which St Xavier’s School bagged as many as nine awards in total.
Chief Guest of the programme and Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) Mayor Asha lakra said on the occasion that solving mental arithmetic not only helped kids becoming mentally strong, but also
effective in enhancing imagination, decision making, remembering capabilities in them which helped them in emerging as a disciplined adults in future.
Universal Concept in Mental Arithmetic System (UCMAS) master franchisee for Jharkhand and Proprietor of Brainyards UCMAS ABACUS Centre (Ranchi) Supriya Singh said that incepted in 1999, the UCMAS had expanded to 58 countries so far and had helped lakhs of young minds enhance their mental abilities.
DPS (SAIl, Ranchi) Principal Ram Singh, St. Xavier’s School Principal Fr. Ajit Khess, Taurian World School (Ranchi) Principal Subhash Kumar, JVM (Shyamali) Principal AK Singh, Sarla Birla Public School Principal Paramjit Kaur, Sharda Global School Principal Ranjana Swaroop and many others were also present in the felicitation ceremony.