Sri Lankan fourth-grade students won 100 massive calculation championships in the “Surara International Digital Mathematics Competition”!Full marks for all grades, average answering time 1 minute 14 seconds | Surara Net Press Release

(Left: Participating students from Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan. Right: Mr. Tetsu Yamaguchi, Manager of the Content Production Department of the Japan Mathematics Testing Association, commends the award-winning students.)

Experience not only improving academic ability, but also challenging goals and hard work leading to results
Exchange with Japan as part of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s overseas expansion project for Japanese-style education
Since 2015, Shura.com has been providing the overseas version of the digital mathematics textbook “Sura Ninja!” 》Provide operational support. It is currently used in countries such as Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. At Surala Net, in addition to building math skills by using “Surala Ninja!”, children have the opportunity to challenge their goals, gain experiences that lead to results, and develop confidence and self-affirmation. Since 2017, we have been running math competitions with local partner companies in each country.
This year, as part of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s “Overseas Promotion of Japanese-style Education (EDU-Port Japan)” support project, the third international competition, Japan’s unique method of mathematics education, “Mass We aim to provide students from Japan and other countries of children create opportunities to interact with each other and take on new challenges while enjoying learning.

Can’t be an adult yet? ! The winner of the 100 Mass Computing was a fourth grade student from Sri Lanka!
All scores are full marks, and the average answering time is 1 minute and 14 seconds!

“SuraLa Net International Digital Mathematics Contest” is divided into two competition areas, and you can enter the competition area you want to challenge. Beginning at the end of October, each country held the preliminaries and finals respectively. 190 students from their respective countries who got the highest scores in the finals gathered in the international finals to showcase their daily learning achievements.

In the top category of Mass Computing, 100 Mass Computing, OA Vinuk Kethmin Oruthota (Primary 4 student) from Sri Lanka scored perfect marks in all 100 Mass Computing tests, four arithmetic operations each, with an average answer of 1 point14 Seconds, we won wonderfully. Mr. Vinook said happily: “It is a pleasure to receive this award.”
Also, in the “Arithmetic Test” section, some of the test questions are taken from the “Math Test” (Math Test/Arithmetic Test), a practical math skills test that measures arithmetic and mathematical practical ability. We challenged various fields such as statistics that test thinking skills. The winner of the 6th grade group of elementary school, the highest grade in the mathematics test, received the SUKEN award from the Japan Mathematics Testing Association. I have learnt. I want to thank those who supported me.

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This competition is one of the things that Surara Net wants the children to learn.
Among the participants, there were some children who liked arithmetic. At the beginning, they were not very good at counting with fingers, but as their learning progressed, they could already do mental calculations, and the accuracy and speed of calculations also increased. Computing improved. I have a child that has become my favorite subject. In addition, at the awards ceremony and international exchange event held on December 10, the last day of the event, 142 people gathered, enjoyed learning the languages ​​of various countries and praised each other for their efforts.
Takahiko Yunogawa, CEO of Surara Net, said: “We are trying to expand our options for the future by improving and building academic capabilities, and becoming adults who are financially and spiritually independent and can play an active role in society. Children learn Mental arithmetic counting, you will definitely find that your calculation skills are useful at work. Children who achieve their goals this time will gain confidence and have a positive attitude to challenge other things. Moreover, the experience of work is not easy in our daily life Try to achieve the same goals as kids in other countries. I will.”

Surara Net will continue to work hard to provide children with opportunities to build self-esteem and motivation to learn through organizing activities.

■About the ICT textbook “Surala Ninja!”
The ICT system developed by the overseas version for elementary school students, you can easily learn the four arithmetic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division through interactive animations. Students can learn at their own pace on their own devices, while teachers can monitor their learning progress and level of understanding through the learning management system and adjust learning content to optimize learning for each student. Currently, Sri Lanka has a Sinhala version, Indonesia has a Bahasa Indonesian version, and the English version is mainly used in India and the Philippines.

■ About Surara Net Co., Ltd.
Adhering to the corporate philosophy of “Innovative Education, Empowering Children’s Lives”, Surara Net provides adaptive and interactive ICT teaching materials “Surara” and “Surara Drills” to approximately 2,500 cram schools and cram schools in Japan. It is provided to more than 330,000 students in school, etc. While the use of public schools, famous private middle and high schools, and major cram schools across the country continues to expand, we aim to provide learning opportunities for children with developmental disabilities, children who drop out of school, and families with economic difficulties To solve the educational problems in Japan. In 2017, it was listed on the Mothers Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (currently the Growth Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) as a representative EdTech start-up company.
Since 2014, we have started overseas business and been introduced to private schools and cram schools in various countries. In recent years, Japanese-style education has attracted attention in many countries around the world, and the Japanese government is also working hard to support the overseas expansion of educational technology companies. Surara Net has been used by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry/JETRO for the “Future Classroom” overseas expansion support project. Nippon” pilot project By supporting the project, we are conducting exchanges with Japanese educators and the dissemination of digital education during the corona crisis. Overseas business please see here (English site) https://surala-net.com/.