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EDUCATION: FEDERAL GOVT. URGED TO INCLUDE UCMAS IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM

…As MAURYA Education Limited Holds 4th National UCMAS Competition

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November 26, 2023

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Parents in Lagos have urged the federal government to incorporate the universal Concept of mental arithmetic System , UCMAS, into the curriculum of education in in all primary schools in Nigeria to boost the learning skills and ability and interest in mathmatical solutions.

Lovetvnews Nigeria reports that the parents said this during the 4th UCMAS competition organized by MAURYA Education Limited, which held at the University of Lagos, on Saturday.

They said the introduction of the UCMAS scheme into primary schools across the country will enhance learning by students in primary and secondary schools.

The Parents who spoke with plus TV news described UCMAS as innovative and a tool that will sharpen the learning skills of students.

“UCMAS is a very sharp smart mathematics that affects every aspect of Maths, their multiplication, their speed and it affects every other aspect because it is the basics.

The UCMAS is built in such a way that the children, speed and condition and attention is already hacked into very on in life, so you see children as low as age 3 and 4 are already interested in math”.

The competition which was organized by MAURYA Education Limited brought together school across Nigeria for a competition to enhance the learning of students in primary and secondary schools.

Speaking at the event, the country head country of MAURYA Education Limited, Stephen Ofori said UCMAS is a brain development prograim for children between the ages of five and fourteen years with the main objective of enhancing the children thinking skills.

Ofori maintained the basic nature of UCMAS is targeted at building children who have very week concentration, to enhance their problem solving skills.

He said, “the UCMAS is built in such a way that the children, speed and condition and attention is already locked into solving mathmatical solutions as early as age 3 and 4.

” The main objective of the program is to enhance children’s thinking skills, memory skills and concentration. You might see the name UCMAS which is an acronym of Universal Concept of Mental Arithmetic System and the whole intention is to be able to develop the inert abilities of children so the children can do more with the enhancement of their brain capacity.

“Our major focus is school students those between the age of 5 to 14 years especially looking at their age because those are formative years where children are eager to learn”.

He went further to say that it’s proven that by Eighteen years, about 86% of your child’s brain might have formed already so that is why we focus on that particular age so that we can begin to develop the child’s brain together.

“This is our 4th National Competition in Nigeria, we have held series of events, exclusively out of this competition, we have had international competitions, national competitions and TV shows. In this competition we brought every child in Nigeria that is registered to UCMAS together to compete, this is part of what we do to help enhance learning activities of children in Nigeria”.

“UCMAS is self engaging and fun, children should be able to learn while having fun. The basic nature of UCMAS is that we are targeting who have very week concentration because lack of concentration can affect a Child’s performance”.

“We are focused on children that are very week in memory skills, children who want to develop their thinking skills, children who want to know their inert abilities and enhance their problem solving skills, we believe that every child is born a genius, through the right educations, they can do well”. He said