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City children excel in abacus meet

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The four had to battle it out with 4,300 competitors

Proud moment: A. Sameera, K.V.S. Bhargav,

HYDERABAD: They are young but they can solve complex mathematical calculations in a jiffy. By the time the math question is asked, they are ready with the answer. Without any aid, like a calculator, they can solve 280 mathematical sums in less than 11 minutes.

Thanks to the training they received in mental arithmetic, the four children, Rohan Iyer, Ayush, K.V.S. Bhargav and A. Sameera, have emerged winners in their respective categories at the recently concluded seventh National Competition on Abacus and Mental Arithmetic held in Hyderabad.

The path to victory was not easy, as the four children had to battle it out with 4,300 children drawn from 20 States who participated in the abacus competition. All the winners, who received training in Abacus at city-based SIP Academy, and authorities of SIP interacted with mediapersons on Tuesday.

“Only after I won my category I realised that 4,300 children from various parts of country also participated in the competition. It was very satisfying to emerge victorious,” said K.V.S. Bhargav, a class 7 student of Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Begumpet, who became a champion of Grand Master C-Level.

The victorious are now eligible to compete in an upcoming international competition in which children from 24 countries will participate.

“The competition was very tough and initially I was a bit perturbed by the presence of such a large number of participants. And yet, gradually I started improving and emerged victorious,” said Sameera, who won Grand Master C-Level competition.

“Abacus remains the best tool to improve memory retention skills of children. It is not mathematics but it is simply a tool to make computation easy for children. It helps develop concentration, visual memory, listening skills, confidence in addition to arithmetic skills,” said Head Operations, SIP Academy, Andhra Pradesh, J. Sampath Kumar.

Global Director of SIP Academy, Kelvin Tham was also present.

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