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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 in Malaysia,
Mr. Wong Hoon Wan, has formed the Academy of "Universal
Concept Mental Arithmetic System" (U C MAS), and leading
a group of competent associates, they 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 Malaysia within 11 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 3,000
participants from Indonesia, India, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei,
China and Malaysia will be gathered and compete for the highest
honor in mental arithmetic. There will be U C MAS Student's
Camp and overseas trip annually.
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 all 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 300 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,
Arabian countries, UK and Australia. All our student posses
a unique U C MAS student cards which serve a specific purpose
and all our student stand a chance to be selected to participate
in the annual international competition and grading examination
where at least 5,000 are participating every year. |
