{"id":166686,"date":"2019-06-01T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=166686"},"modified":"2019-06-01T18:51:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T15:51:44","slug":"first-syrian-olympiad-for-mental-arithmetic-and-abacus-organized-in-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=166686","title":{"rendered":"First Syrian Olympiad for Mental Arithmetic and Abacus organized in Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damascus, SANA_ \u00a0The first Syrian Olympiad for mental arithmetic and the Abacus was held on Saturday \u00a0at al-Fayhaa Sports Hall in Damascus with the participation of 400 students from different governorates,.<\/p>\n

The competition, which was organized by the Genius Center for Mental Arithmetic, included specific questions for each of the nine levels of mental arithmetic ; the student is required to find the solution for 100 exercises \u00a0in 7 minutes.<\/p>\n

The winner will represent his \/ her team which, \u00a0in turn, \u00a0will qualify for external competitions .<\/p>\n

Students aged between five and 14 years participated in the competition. \u00a0They have been selected after several sub-competitions in 43 centers, 13 of which are in Damascus and its countryside, Director of the Genius Center Milad Nadaf said.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that the program focuses on the children of martyrs and wounded personnel of the Syrian Arab army, confirming \u00a0that this competition will be a step towards future global participations.<\/p>\n

The participants expressed their happiness over this participation, hoping that they will reach international competitions to raise the Syrian flag high.<\/p>\n

The Genius program for Mental Arithmetic, aims to provide free training and correct thinking environment for children to develop their mental and life skills.<\/p>\n

The program has trained 5000 students so far from different provinces, mostly sons of martyrs and wounded personnel of the Syrian Arab Army, under the supervision of 110 trainers.<\/p>\n