Choirul Fuadi, Central Kalimantan, CIDISS – A pride for the world of education in the province of Central Kalimantan (Kalteng), because 7 students who joined in the Universal Megabrain Center (UMC) Abacus Sampit, Kotawaringin Timur (Kotim) became the representative of Indonesia following the International Mental Arithmetic Competition at New Delhi, India, 5-6 December 2015.
In the meantime, the Coordinator Team UMC Abacus Sampit, Budi Eko Musprijoto in his report on the tabengan.com, revealed, Indonesia by 2015 Teams filled by 15 delegates, and the most trusted Kalteng sends 7 people of their students, while the remaining 8 students were represented from students of Makassar, Ambon and Jakarta.
The success of these students, previous they got achievement in Mental Arithmetic on the Olympics Abacus national level held in Denpasar, Bali, on September 20, 2015. At the competition, UMC Abacus Sampit, Kalteng sent 20 students to compete with 500 more representative students all over Indonesia.
Achievements of UMC Abacus Sampit; became the representative of Indonesia at the international level does not the first time, starting of 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2013, UMC Abacus Sampit is also believed to send representatives to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
“By 2015 this is fifth time Abacus Sampit became Deputy Indonesia participated in this international competition. There, we will compete with representatives from 56 countries with the number of participants more or less 10.000 people, “he said.