Curriculumul de faţă a fost elaborat în cadrul proiectului „Asigurarea ştiinţifică a calităţii, eficienţei şi relevanţei procesului educaţional în învăţământul secundar general”, Sectorul Calitatea Educaţiei, Institutul de Ştiinţe ale Educaţiei, şi aprobat de Consiliul Naţional pentru Curriculum (Ordinul MECC nr. 792 din 25 mai 2018).

The optional Mental Arithmetic and Abacus course is for children aged 7-9 and 10-14 years. It aims to give children a way to maximize their intellectual potential, speed of thinking, imagination, memory, perseverance, confidence in their own strengths, and at the same time increase their success in school subjects. At the initial stage, during this course, children will learn to use the Abacus calculation tool, its Japanese version (Soroban). This wonderful antique tool “Abacus” is used by the easy handling of balls in making arithmetic calculations. The practice of the Abacus method successfully eliminates fear and turns arithmetic and mathematics into a fun way to learn. It contributes to speed, accuracy and focus in the process of thinking