ABACUS-BASED mental arithmetic learning center CMA Philippines targets to add at least 10 new branches this year on account of increased interest on the center’s teaching methods.
CMA Philippines CEO Anthony Esguerra said the addition of at least 10 new branches will bring the total number of their facilities to 25 by year-end.
CMA Philippines currently has 15 branches, most of which are in Metro Manila. It also has two branches outside Luzon—Iloilo City and Cagayan de Oro City.
“Our vision for CMA Philippines is to equip future leaders of our nation, one child at a time. I believe CMA is the best educational foundation our Filipino students need,” Esguerra said.
CMA focuses on the teaching of mental math by first learning mathematical operations using the abacus.
Children, as young as three years old, who can count one to nine, can already be admitted into the program. Adults aged up to over 80 years old can also enroll.
CMA offers a money-back guarantee if after 10 sessions—1.5 hours each—a student is unable to learn the two-hand four-finger abacus method. A 10-session module in CMA costs P4,500.
Esguerra said this is because the center guarantees that on the first two sessions, students already know the CMA method.
“CMA adopts a two-hand abacus mental arithmetic method in teaching its students. This distinct method puts the spotlight on total brain development—the perfect synergy of the right and left sides of the brain. And this what makes CMA one of a kind,” Esguerra said.
The CMA method was developed by CMA founder Master Tai Chiang Ching, who was honored as the World’s Best Mental Arithmetic Trainer in 1991.
Master Tai spent a great deal of time studying the abacus and mental arithmetic, initially focusing on the single-hand abacus arithmetic calculation.
His research and experiments led him to develop and perfect the two-hand four-finger abacus method that is being used in CMA branches all over the world.
Currently, CMA branches are in China, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Egypt, Taiwan, India, Sudan, Malaysia, the US, New Zealand, Singapore and Indonesia.
Last Sunday CMA Philippines held its Third National Mental Arithmetic Competition participated in by over 300 students from its different branches. CMA Philippines will bring the top 10 students in the competition to the CMA Mental Arithmetic International Olympiad in Singapore.
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