ALEPPO, (ST)_ Three students out of nine from the school of “Madenet Al-Elm” in Aleppo have obtained the first three places in the open European Championship of Mental Arithmetic , which was held online in the middle of this month in Germany under the auspices of the International Soroban Union.
355 students from 15 foreign countries and 5 Arab countries took part in the competition of mental arithmetic .
Mental arithmetic improves scientific skills of students and enhances their self-confidence.
Student Masa Haj Mohammad expressed her happiness at coming in first place for the second time in row in mental arithmetic .
Basma Qaddour