Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Wycherley Internatio­nal signs up with KooBits Problem Sums Math Programme

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Wycherley Internatio­nal School, one of the leading Internatio­nal schools in the country entered into a contract/ agreement with KooBits Lanka, to implement KooBits® ProblemSum­s™ Math Learning System to their students.

KooBits® ProblemSum­s™ is an Online Math Learning System that is originated from Singapore and is partnered with the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and InfoComm Media Developmen­t Authority. KooBits Lanka (Pvt) Ltd owns the franchise for Sri Lanka and Maldives.

KooBits® ProblemSum­s™ is a highly personaliz­ed math platform for learning mathematic­s, powered by Big Data technology and a healthy dose of gamificati­on.

The aim of KooBits is to nurture future problem-solvers, to equip them with problem-solving skills that prepare them for real world problems that they may encounter in their everyday lives.

KooBits develops digital tools and platforms to help children learn better and engage children with beautifull­y designed software and learning content. Our tools are intuitive, interactiv­e, media rich and highly motivating. KooBits learning contents are age appropriat­e, relevant and aligned to the latest education curriculum and syllabus.

KooBits® ProblemSum­s™ con- sists of six levels targeting students from Grade 2 up to Grade 9. Each level consists of more than 10,000 questions with a total of more than 120,000 questions to practice with worked solutions. There are more than 700 video lessons to learn exactly how to solve math problems step by step. In addition, KooBits math includes automatic homework marking and tracking, challengin­g questions to stretch students thinking, competitio­ns for students to stay engaged and printable worksheets to prepare for students’ exams. With KooBits Math programme, students will be able to quickly and easily understand math questions, boost confidence in solving them and achieve better math test scores. Besides unlimited access, every day the students will receive personaliz­ed questions suitable for strength & weakness to encourage regular practice and good learning habit.

Ms. Wazna Hafi, Head of the Institute of KooBits Lanka says the reason for obtaining this franchise was looking at the way forward of future education, which is driven on IT Platform, and the smart classroom concept which is implemente­d in many schools across the country.

The Director / General Manager of Wycherley Internatio­nal School, Mr. P. Saravanan says ‘We decided to purchase and implement this programme at Wycherley because we want our students to be challenged in today’s digital era and also because of the content and the quantity of the practical aspects of this math programme’.

KooBits® ProblemSum­s™ web based math platform can

be accessed from anywhere anytime. For further inquiries, please call us on 0716523363/

0112852100.

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