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Chennai, 2nd March 2023: The national prize winnersannouncement of the 7th Edition of the SIP Arithmetic Genius Contest 2022 was conducted in Chennai recently.
The Arithmetic Genius Contest is an annual contest conducted by SIP Abacus India. It stems from the belief that every child is potentially smart and can be made successful by developing skills at the right age. The contest aims to help studentsrecognise Math skills and in creating awareness among parents about the importance of skill development. Post the Covid-pandemic, the arithmetic skills of the children have been significantly impacted with reduction in numerical ability to alarming levels across all classes, as reported in the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2022. The SIP Arithmetic Genius Contest allows students and parents to identify the lacuna in arithmetic skills and to improve through better focus and concentration in developing learning skills. This will help the children not only to do well in Maths but to improve overall learning abilities.
The participation in this year’s contest is a testament to the realisation by students and parents of the need to equip themselves with learning abilities. Compared to participation of 95000 students for SIP AGC 2021, this year saw a record–breaking participation by 5.57 lakh students across India. Covering 980+ schools in 20 states, the event was a mega success with a mammoth participation by over half a million students across the country.
The contest was free for participation and open for students of classes 1 to 5. It was held in 4 rounds – School, Locality, State and National. Total 253 students reached the National Round. 15 National winners were chosen – 3 from each class (Champion, First Runner Up and Second Runner Up). Performance awards were given to high scoring students.
Presiding over the function, Dinesh Victor (Managing Director, SIP Academy India and International) said that the objective of the SIP Arithmetic Genius Contest is to get children interested in arithmetic. He mentioned that such competitions – through the process of preparation and winning – motivates children to take greater interest in arithmetic. He added that it is critical since arithmetic is a key skill which all children need to possess, even if they pursue a non-engineering / Math related courses. It is required in all career paths in this day. He wished all the participant students the very best – winners or not winners – and mentioned that the children should take forward the confidence in all walks of life.
This mega event was conducted across India with the involvement of over 5000 SIP Abacus instructors and 750+ SIP Abacus centre heads.
The prize announcement online programme was attendedby winners, parents and SIP team members.
