Unlock Your Child’s Genius with UCMAS
UCMAS is a world-leading, abacus-based brain development program designed for children aged 4 to 13 years. By combining the power of the abacus with innovative mental math techniques, UCMAS helps children boost their mental agility, enhance intelligence, and sharpen core learning skills such as focus, concentration, memory, and problem-solving—laying a strong foundation for academic excellence and lifelong success.
What is UCMAS?
UCMAS stands for the Universal Concept of Mental Arithmetic System, a unique child development program founded in Malaysia by Professor Dr. Dino Wong. The first UCMAS center opened in 1993 with a simple but powerful mission: to provide quality abacus and mental math training and help children “Discover the Genius Within.”
Global Recognition
An ISO 9001:2008 certified program, UCMAS has transformed the lives of thousands of children worldwide. Today, it stands as an internationally acclaimed program, empowering young minds across the globe to think faster, calculate smarter, and achieve more.
Concentration is the concentrated and directed attention towards a particular matter with clear reflection that creates a deep image and mental impression. An enhanced concentration leads to better absorption power. Studying will then be a joyful thing for these children. In the abacus and mental arithmetic education children will be trained to concentrate when listening to the teachers questions (that ranges from easy to difficult) and then focus on calculating the answers as accurately as possible.
Observation is the ability to compare and analyse and differentiate objects, motives and steps. It is also a state of alertness and swiftness of the mind and senses. This comes from the need to understand the theoretical requirements of each calculation and at the same time be aware of the time, and promptings from the teachers.
Memory is the ability to store and retrieve information and experiences. It has been found that memory in the left brain would not stay long, but an image that is recorded in the right brain would stay on in the mind forever. By stimulating the right brain with mental arithmetic, and in combination with the alertness of the eyes, ears and hands, the ability to store and recall is developed together.
Therefore, the ability to solve 10-digits arithmetic problems in only a few seconds is only a small success in comparison to the actual mental training that has been done in order to achieve the skill to perform rapid calculations.
By using the imagination of the right brain to visualize the abacus in mind, inevitably the powers of visualization would become sharp and clear. Albert Einstein believes that the imagination is important than knowledge, because imagination is the main source of yet-to-be-discovered knowledge.
Most of the calculation and finger movements are done by the left hand, which is controlled by the right side of the brain. More left hand movement will develop right side of the brain. Creativity also needs good imagination skills which is enhanced by UCMAS program
To be a good judge, one requires appreciating both sides of the issue. UCMAS helps develop both sides of the brain, thus ensuring a good sense of judgment within a child.
It is the art of understanding a situation and then apply all your wisdom and knowledge to give a better meaning to the situation.
To reason about anything, we require a well-balanced, logical and analytical brain. UCMAS has trained both sides of the brain by using abacus, flash cards and speedwriting.
With exceptionally strong memory, concentration with enhanced arithmetic skills with high accuracy and speed, children’s confidence is will get a real boost.
Joyful Environment
At TUSGU Educational Services, we promote a culture where learning is fun because we know that happy children will learn and excel.
Friendly and Personalized Environment
We offer friendly and personalized training for your children at the TUSGU Educational Services. Our class size is between 4 to 7 students on average to provide individual attention to each student. Although the classes are taught in a small group, our teachers ensure they take care of each child’s needs.
Schedule
Flexible timetable to fit your schedule. We offer weekday evening and weekend classes, and you have plenty of options to chose from.
Course Instructors
TUSGU Educational teachers are friendly, energetic and highly qualified. Our course instructors have won the best course instructor of UCMAS Canada award from 2008 to 2017.
Lively and Competitive Environment
Up tempo, interactive learning environment that brings the best out of each student. We promote competitive nature in students and encourage them to excel.
Student Progress Updates to Parents
We provide a personal welcome and orientation session for parents at the beginning of the course. We will regularly update your child’s progress. Certificates are awarded at the successful completion of each module.
Reward System
UCMAS Points awarded for student participation can be traded in for prizes. In addition, internal and external competitions are organized and the winners are rewarded.
Homework
Homework and drills to keep students sharp between classes (parental support and involvement at home is a key success factor in this program)
The UCMAS Difference: We Don’t Tutor, We Inspire with our Innovative Approach
UCMAS is not a tutoring program. UCMAS whole-brain development program builds foundational capabilities through a series of in-class training activities conducted by our trained class instructors. Our rigorous training techniques are based on pedagogical design by child development experts to ensure our students can benefit from and be successful in our program.
The UCMAS program improves math skills and promotes whole brain thinking through:
Thinking in Pictures
Students boost memory power through visualization by holding numbers in their mind while handling the physical or mental Abacus.
A Flash of Brilliance
Students create a mental image of the beads on their mental Abacus with the help of flash cards. Each student who completes the UCMAS program will have memorized 450,000 images.
The Need for Speed
Speed training encourages children to listen attentively and respond to questions quickly, sharpening their focus and concentration.
Building Mathematical Concepts
Manipulating the physical or virtual beads of the Abacus provides students with another frame of reference to learn mathematical concepts, such as:
These are mathematical building blocks that complement the curriculum used in Canada’s public and private schools. Our program supports and augments what students learn in school.
From a purely mathematical perspective, Abacus-based mental math makes any arithmetic a snap. Understanding math through the Abacus inspires new perspectives: children learn to subtract by adding; to multiply without multiplying; and to perform long division problems in their head faster than most people can add two numbers together. They can express large numbers simply, follow long streams of sums with ease and successfully incorporate compound numbers through the use of supplementary numbers for 5 and 10.
Our students learn techniques in Mental Math that will stay with them long after they have completed the program.
Smita Kundu (Course Instructor)
Suhandhini Suresh (TUSGU UCMAS Moderator)
Shyamala Ramanan (UCMAS Course Instructor)
Mamta Patel (Course Instructor)
Varasina Selvakumaran (Course Instructor)
Vasanthan Sangarapillai (Course Instructor)
Suganthini Bharath (Course Instructor)
Sharmila Thanaraj (Course Instructor)
Tejal Desai (Course Instructor)
Bhavini Bhavsar (Course Instructor)
Ripple Shah (Course Instructor)
Binal Kotecha (Course Instructor)
Biragi Sripad (Course Instructor)
Sujanthy Parthiban (Course Instructor)
Banuerega Rajadurai (Course Instructor)
Sohana Tania (Course Instructor)
TUSGU Educational Services was founded on June 24, 2002, by a team of 5 Canadian university graduates.