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Role of Abacus Changed

Date: 21/02/2020 | Source: Naenara (En) | Read original version at source

In the past, abacus was used as a manual counting tool.

Later, it became a relic along with the development of advanced calculators.

But its role has now changed.

A few days ago, I visited Kaeson Kindergarten in Moranbong District, Pyongyang, which was introducing abacus into its education.

The first leg of my visit was Higher Class No.2, where children were making a sum of five figures displayed on TV on the abacus.

The teacher put a question: “What is the sum of 445 789 minus 325 464 plus 456 721?” Many children made a correct calculation. Some of them promptly counted even the multiplication of a number of two and three figures that can be solved by primary school pupils.

Children of Lower Class, too, confidently made a sum of continuous addition and subtraction of a number of two and three figures.

Teacher Han Ok Gyong said: These days, abacus education is playing a big role in the intelletual development of children. An image of abacus remains etched in the right part of brain for children who have received this education. Such ability of imagining the abacus enables them to make a rapid mental calculation of figures even without using it. The repetition of this course enables them to further develop the power of observation and imagination and fully understand the contents of the lesson.

The abacus education conducive to developing the intellectual faculties of children in a comprehensive way is now being popularized across the country.

Ri Yong Chol

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