A pupil Faluyi Rebekah Tokuibiye Ifeoluwa, has won in the International category of the first Universal Concept of Mental Arithmetic System (UCMAS) held in Lagos. She was among those who won in the competition.
She will represent Nigeria in Malaysia.
The winners carted away trophies, medals, certificates and cash prizes after answering with speed and accuracy, 150 mental arithmetic questions in eight minutes.
The 10 winners are Oluwateni Adewolu, St. Leo’s Private School; Ikeja, Oreoluwa Elangwe, St. Leo’s Private School; Brian Ejiro Adams, St. Leo’s Private School; Chiamaka Okonkwo, St. Leo’s Private School; Rebekah Ifeoluwa, Prime Rose School, Gbagada; Joshua Aitokuehi, The Kings School, Gbagada; RonkeAjao Antoinette, The Kings School, Gbagada; Chukwudalu Obi, The Kings School, Gbagada, Oreoluwa, Gemseed Children Academy, Gbagada; and Oyinkasola Aisha Banjo, Evesgreen School, Magodo.
Titled: The battle of the brains, the event held at St Leo’s Catholic Private School, Ikeja, Lagos.
No fewer than 100 pupils from some schools answered 150 mental arithmetic questions.
UCMAS Country Manager, Mr. Emmanuel Alade, called on schools and parents not to lose hope in their children but to enrol them on the UCMAS Whole brain development programme to help discover the genius within them.
He said: “When both the right and left hemispheres of the brain are developed, the genius within a child is discovered.”
He also called on corporate Nigeria and philanthropists to support the UCMAS Nigeria and sponsor pupils from Nigeria for the yearly UCMAS International competitions.
The UCMAS is a professional educational organisation headed by a team of directors who are dedicated to offering a novel and path-breaking method of education – the revolutionary UCMAS programme, recognised and practised in over 70 countries – was first introduced in Nigeria in October 2015, for pupils between five and 14.
Motivated by the successful implementation of the programme world-wide, the UCMAS team adopted this global programme for the benefit of Nigerian children.