Students gear up for 15th UCMAS Abacus Competition

Mumbai, Aug 22 (PTI) CBS Education, the masterfranchisee of UCMAS for Maharashtra, is participating in 15thUCMAS National Level Abacus competition which will take placeat Jaipur on August 27 and 28. Around 5,600 students within the age group of 6-14years across India from various UCMAS institutes will beparticipating, out of which 410 students will be fromMaharashtra. These national level competitions are held annuallysince the last 15 years. "The main objective behind organising thiscompetition is to find abacus genius from India and to developa healthy competitive spirit among the children while givingthem an opportunity and platform to showcase their talent at anational level," CBS Education (Mumbai region) said in astatement issued here today. The participants will be solving 200 mathematical sumsin just 8 minutes with amazing speed using abacus as well astheir mental abilities. UCMAS is an institution which runs all over India andabroad. It trains children of 4-12 years in arithmetic andenhances skills like concentration, creativity, listening andphotographic memory, etc. PTI MMGK