A story by Ghana News Agency
Children, no matter their circumstances, should be supported to develop
fully, the Events Manager at Indomie, Agnes Botchway, has said.
She said children
had varied potentials and it was only through constant support and guidance
that they could identify their strengths and develop them to the optimum.
Mrs. Botchway was
speaking in an interview, on the sidelines of the finals of this year’s
Universal Concept Mental Arithmetic System, (UCMAS) National Finals, held in
Accra.
UCMAS is an
educational group, which engages in the holistic training of the right brain of
children, using special techniques that enable pupils to do arithmetic
calculations mentally within a matter of seconds.
Each year, a
nationwide competition is held to come up with a champion. Three pupils were in
the finals of this year’s competition with Raphael Cudjoe Wiredu from the
Achimota Centre, becoming the national champion.
The second position
went to Ofori Adu of Perpetual Help School in Lapaz, Accra, while Aileen Okine
of the C.P.A Centre, also in Accra, placed third. They received
various sums of money and products from sponsors as prizes.
Mrs. Botchway
explained that Indomie chose to cosponsors the UCMAS because it provided the
right platform for children to develop interest and capacity in Mathematics.
She said
considering the value of Mathematics and the fact that many people tended to
shy away from the subject, any programme that would make children love
Mathematics was worth all the support.
She said Indomie
would continue to support the competition and urged parents to show interest in
it.
For his part, the
Chief Executive of UCMAS Ghana Ltd, Roger Ohemeng, said pupils who enrolled in
the UCMAS programme also showed brilliance in other subjects, hence the need
for parents and schools to enroll their children.
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