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As children play the most important role in deciding
the future of a country, it is important to cultivate the proper thinking
habit and skills of the children in order to help them in their future
development in areas of medical science, technology, work force,
literature, history, law, commerce…etc, even to a higher levels such as
computer information and the technology of outer space exploration; all
these are the result of high-level intelligence and logical thinking!
Looking at all the achievements, we may find that all are based on the
fact that "Mathematical Principle is the mother of all sciences, and
Mathematics is the root of all Mathematical Principles". In order to
have a strong nation, we must first have strong people, and to have
strong people, they must be properly educated. The Prime Minister of
Malaysia YAB Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad and the Minister for
Education YB Senator Tan Sri Musa bin Mohamad both understand this
principle very well and the influence of mathematical principles as well
as their relationship with strengthening the nation, therefore we can see
their continuous effort in promoting such education.
In order to benefit the children of Malaysia in
1993, Mr. Wong Hoon Wan formed the Academy of "Universal Concept
Mental Arithmetic System" (U C MAS), leading a group of competent
associates to built the mighty mental arithmetic dominion in Malaysia. In
accordance with the 4 principles of the academy: "to take care of
and to encourage, to lead and to educate", U C MAS has opened more
than 1500 learning centers throughout the world within few years.
U C MAS Academy of Mental
Arithmetic,
together with the China Zhusuan Association, will organize an
international abacus and mental arithmetic grading examination twice
every year. Besides that, U C MAS annual activities include the yearly
abacus and mental arithmetic competition where more than 5,000
participants gathered from all over the world in Malaysia to
compete for the highest honor in mental arithmetic.
After being in operation for several years,
the Academy of U C MAS Mental Arithmetic was invited in July 1997 by the
Minister for Education then, Dato' Seri Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak, to the
demonstration hall of the Ministry of Education to demonstrate the skills
of abacus mental arithmetic, to enable the Minister himself and other
officers in the Ministry to have a better understanding of the logic and
techniques involved in the teaching of mental arithmetic. In the
following year, U C MAS was given the responsibility by the ministry to
train 232 schoolteachers the technique of abacus manipulation with both
hands.
In order to diversify the field of education
and in collaboration with the concept of multi-scope of education by the
ministry, U C MAS has incorporated several courses in relation to the
enhancement of mental ability into its system of education, namely:
A.
The Inception of U C MAS Mental Arithmetic Academy in 1993
B. The Incorporation of U C MAS Memory Technique Course in 2000
The response to the above courses is said to be overwhelming and
encouraging, the number of learning centers and kindergartens joining our
franchise system is growing at a rapid pace, and to a certain extent,
even exceeds our expectation.
At U C MAS, our philosophy of education is
"to lay our firm foundation in Malaysia, and move on to the
world", in just a few years, U C MAS system of education has been
successfully transferred to Indonesia (with 500 learning centers), India
(700 learning centers), Thailand (50 learning centers), Singapore (5
learning centers), Brunei (3 learning centers), Saudi Arabia and
neighboring countries (10 learning centers), United State of America (2
learning centers), and Australia (2 learning centers). We are confident
that the U C MAS franchise system will move on to other countries.
At present, there are altogether 300,000 U C
MAS students in Malaysia,
200,000 in Indonesia,
100,000 in India,
25,000 in Thailand
and more than a thousand from Brunei,
Singapore,
Gulf countries, UK
and Australia.
All our student possess a unique U C MAS student cards which serve a
specific purpose and all our students stand a chance to be selected to
participate in the annual international competition and grading
examination where at least 5,000 students are participating every year.
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