Purpose and activities
Purpose Business and Activities
Effective for national mental health, brain development, and prevention of dementia in the elderly
To spread the excellence of abacus, mental arithmetic, and calculation, and to promote brain development
Collect and provide objective data necessary for national policy making.
Contributes to the national ‘development of excellent talents’.
Education+Training
*Presents a curriculum for abacus education suitable for the era of the 4th industrial revolution and provides the right direction for fostering future talents.
Training of leaders (teachers) through ‘Abacus Instruction Method’ training.
○ 18-month basic education course
Basic language of mathematics = abacus + mental arithmetic education
○ Learning abacus with mom + Moms Coaching
○ Leader Certification = Abacus Education Specialist <CPAT>
○ Talent donation through + Senior 50+ abacus and mental arithmetic classes for dementia prevention and brain development
Test + Competition
Examination + Contest
Hosting of abacus-related qualification examinations and abacus and mental abacus competitions to promote abacus education in each region, and discovering and fostering national talents through the 'Korean Abacus Olympiad' every year
○ Abacus / Mental arithmetic / Computer-assisted mental arithmetic / WaT qualification test
○ NAMC National Children's Abacus Mental Arithmetic Competition
○ KAMO Korea Abacus Olympiad
Jusan+Mathematics+Fusion Education
"Mathematics Gifted Education" that is in line with the global talent development education and global mathematics and science STEAM education that is in line with the trend of the times
○ Smart Super Brain +SSB Education
○ Korea Genius + Global Steam Genius Education
"Abacus" makes UNESCO's heritage list
The history of using the 'abacus' dates back to ancient times, about 4,000 years ago, and has been passed down to China, Korea, Japan, India, etc. It is a 'human brain development education' that was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (2013) as an 'intangible cultural asset of humanity'.
Inscribed in 2013 ( 8.COM ) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
○ knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus
○ http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00011&RL=00853
World Abacus Education + Cultural Exchange
International Friendship
Through Jusan and Amsan, international friendship and cultural exchange among children around the world becomes a network that connects the world as one.
This is brain development education.
○ World City Cup Mental Arithmetic Competition
+World City Cup Every July-August
○ World Junior Abacus Championships
+World Abacus Junior Cup Every year in April and May
