![]() ![]() ![]() "I saw how the Chinese children were using the abacus to do the calculation, I was very interested in this, and decided to bring this knowledge here in Nigeria," the former stock manager told Xinhua.Īfter six months of training in the abacus in China in 2018, Ben returned to Port Harcourt to set up a training school and led her team to promote the abacus-based mental math courses in local primary schools. Zhusuan was listed as an intangible cultural heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2013. ![]() And the 300 contestants were chosen from about 3,000 pupils currently in abacus and mental arithmetic training in Port Harcourt after an evaluation test held in May.įour years ago, at the recommendation of a relative studying in China, Ben went to east China's Shandong Province to better understand the "magic" brain-stimulating skills for children.Ībacus and mental math originated from the Chinese Zhusuan, a time-honored traditional method of performing mathematical calculations with an abacus. So with this competition, parents and everybody are able to see how fast their children can calculate using the abacus as a tool," said Ben, 35, the principal of this abacus and mental arithmetic training school, while addressing the media at the scene of the competition.Īccording to Ben, her training school offers three levels of training courses, with each level requiring a study period of four months. "We have trained these children over a period of time and they are using the abacus right now to show the skills that they have gained from using it. On that day, 300 pupils experienced a preliminary contest, while eventually, 15 winners stood out to participate in the final. This is the final of an abacus and mental math competition held by a local abacus and mental arithmetic training school. The children's pen-holding hands made a few strokes in the air, quickly wrote numbers on the sketchpad held in the other hands, and raised them to show the audience, causing a burst of applause. Abacus and mental math, which originated from the Chinese Zhusuan, a time-honored traditional method of performing mathematical calculations with an abacus, is becoming popular in schools in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt.īy Xinhua writers Guo Jun and Olatunji SaliuĪBUJA, July 4 (Xinhua) - One afternoon in mid-June, Shirley Ben stood by the stage in the auditorium of an elementary school in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt, where she dictated a series of numbers to several children on stage. ![]()
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