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Mathematics and Life 81 Beyond Abacus - What is the training content ?

Beyond Abacus - What is the training content ?


Background Whenever a new concept is developed, the most basic question which comes for discussion is what is it all about, how and how much is it different from the existing one ? 


At length I have expressed my perception of    What is it to know maths ?


In line with that, today I am discussing the outline of the major components of training to be a Beyond Abacus faculty. I have divided the possible faculty into two major types 

  1. Existing, trained, maths teachers who need reorientation.

  2. Wanting to be trained maths teachers who will be trained on different key aspects of being a maths teacher.


In the diagram given below, I have divided the entire training program into 7 components.

Out of these, the actual maths content  learning / revision takes the biggest time share of 60%. All the wanting to be trained maths teachers must revise / learn maths content till standard 10th. It would help in many ways - getting an overview of syllabus connectivity, be more employable, have wider scope of attracting students.

Rest 40 hours training is common to both types of teachers. Separately, I will be giving gist of the content to be covered under each head.

The numbers written on the left of each head shows the hours to be devoted to cover that head.


The training will result in the faculty getting oriented to get the IFP (Individual Franchise Plan) franchise of Beyond Abacus so that they can have their own small business venture without much overheads. 

A truly thoughtful, resourceful, motivated, teacher can handle a good number of students around the dining table or in her living room. Being activity based teaching, even the online version should not be much difficult.

Dr Prakash Moghe

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drpnmoghe@gmail.com



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