The Brainiest Educare Limited has organised the maiden edition of the National Abacus Competition in Accra last week Saturday.
Speaking at the event, under the theme “Nurturing the Child’s Brain for Global Impact,” the Chief Executive officer (CEO) and founder of Brainiest Educare Limited, Mrs Hilda Karroum Adeniji, noted that the competition was to open the minds of the children, especially in mathematics competitions. She urged parents to invest in their children’s education for a better future.
“The aim of the program is to open the minds of the children in the country and to love the study of mathematics in a fun way, since most Ghanaians don’t like to study the hard way.”
She disclosed that the competition started from among school, then to inter zonals and finally to a national competition, adding that the competition was not only open to private schools, but to government schools as well.
According to her, preparations have been put in place to involve students and to partake in the competition.
She continued that the age qualification for the competition ranges from four to fourteen, where the students are grouped into levels, adding that the competition brought together 500 students in over fifteen schools.
The Director of La-Nkwantanang-Madina Education Directorate, King Adjei Appiah, also indicated that the use of Abacus in schools helps to expand the child’s knowledge in the study of mathematics.
As an Education Directorate, he added that the competition serves as an extracurricular activity for the students. He, therefore, urged parents to allow their children to take part in such school competitions in order for them to advance quickly in academics.
Furthermore, he has called on the government to provide furniture for the various schools in the Municipality to reduce the large enrolment in the classroom.
According to him, there is a large enrolment in various schools, which has made some of the classes congested and these issues need to be attended to when there is enough furniture for the schools.
He added that, some of the class enrolment is over 60 and the public schools in the municipality are not enough. He said the acquisition of land to build schools was not enough. It had made few schools in the La-Nkwantanang Municipality to serve large population of students, which have made things difficult for the municipality.
