Maths whiz off to contest in India
This international event will feature about 7 000 contestants
A Laerskool Impala learner left for India on December 2 to participate at the 20th International UCMAS Competition in New Delhi.
Carika Kruger is the only student from Ekurhuleni who has been invited to participate at this World Abacus competition. She is also one of only 12 students who will represent South Africa at this auspicious event.
UCMAS International Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and UCMAS India National Franchisee in Vadodara, Gujarat, are organising the 20th UCMAS Abacus and Mental Arithmetic International Competition from December 5 to 6 at the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
This international event will feature about 7 000 contestants as young as four years old from all over the world.
UCMAS is a mental arithmetic programme and students like Carika have mastered powerful memory, concentration, focus and a lot of other skills. They will be competing to solve 200 sums with only eight minutes to complete them.
