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ROOTS ABACUS LEARNING SCHOOL

Course

The course is of 2 years (24 months) duration, which is divided into 8 Levels of 3 months each. During each level the student is made to comprehend the syllabus, understand the concept, practice, become proficient and achieve a stage of being able to perform autonomously. Each and everylevel culminates with a level test - to test the proficiency of the student for the level – not just knowledge but understanding. In Abacus Mental Arithmetic, a student attains proficiently when he does accurate sums and within a given time frame – Speed and Accuracy. 8 levels x 3 months = 24 months (2 years) for the full programme of whole brain development, Each level 12 classes of 2 hours duration each week. The 12 classes get covered in 3 months. The student will be exposed to learning and becoming proficient in step by step learning of basic arithmetic. Single digit limited numbers addition, single digit number addition of rows, double digit limited numbers to double digit of rows and so on and so forth. The learning goes on focusing on more complex sums of addition and subtraction; multiplication and division. Each level enables the child to learn more complicated sums with conceptual variations. The programme culminates with the 8th level which certifies the child of having attained the stage of completing the program of Abacus and Mental Arithmetic programme fully. While 8 levels mean completion of the programme, every level has a definite learning and proficiency objective. The focused objective – Speed and Accuracy means that the student has great control over the learned concept and speed is a certifying statement for the proficiency attained by the student.The speed attained by the student doing accurate sums takes the student to the higher realms of Concentration - a kind of meditative state, which makes the student to increase brain skills.