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Kumon 2017 What We Do
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History
Started in 1954 by Toru Kumon, who’s a high school maths teacher, who taught his own son numerouss calculation problem. Subseuently, he opened a Maths Centre in 1955 using Kumon worksheets. The centre quickly drew a lot of attention, with enormous enrolments. The Kumon brand expanded around Japan in 1980, before gaining prominence in other regions in 1990. As of 2006, worldwide enrollment exceeded 4 million students.
As of 2017, Kumon celebrated their 59th anniverary.
WHAT WE DO
Mission & Vision
Kumon’s mission has always been the same - Making a Contribution to the Global Community through Individualised Education. Kumon instructors believe in potential in each student, also maximising each individual’s abilities to have a “just-right” level of study.
Kumon also developed a lon-term vision, for people around the world to learn the Kumon Method, and enthusiastically making efforts to realize their own goals and dreams.
EVERY CHILD IS A GIFTED
CHILD
At Kumon we are dedicated to fully pursuing the potential of each individual student.
Kumon Instructors provide just enough guidance for their students to be able to do the exercises on their own.
As a result, our students learn that they can do anything if they try, build self-esteem, and develop the ability to take on new challenges for themselves.
Kumon is a centre for children of all ages. However, unlike a tuition centre, Kumon allows children to study at their own pace, a belief that proved to be useful and sustainable.
We implement the importance on self-studying and to develop and good study habit on our students.
Our major programmes for children includes Mathematics, English, Chinese and Pencil Skills.
More importantly, we also impart the Kumon Method into each and every of our students. Starting from a very young age, to gain beyond grades knowledge.
At Kumon, one of our main promises is to help children develop the interest to study and learn, not just academically, but also things regarding their everyday lives and out of classrooms.
Kumon also promises to keep in close contact with parents to help nurture and guide students, who each have different ways of studying, to individuals who will one day make themselves proud.
Taking after founder Toru Kumon’s words, Kumon pledge to teach children to study at their own pace, and to make students learn within themselves.
Even until today, Kumon upholds the morales that all children are equal.
Where We Stand
As Kumon would like to believe that we’re the best, we do acknowldge that there are others out there who might be better than us in other areas.
However, we also strive to progress everyday, and ensure the best for our students and staffs. In this huge market, it is impossible to be the best, hence, we also pledge to improve with our students.
As the old saying old “it is never too late to study”. Thus, we agree that we might not always be the best, but, we are forever expanding in terms of knowledge and centers, for knowledge is the key to the future.
Target Audiences
Who Are They
Kumon plans on targeting children aged starting from 3, which is the safest age parents could allow theirr children to wander off freely without worries on their mind.
It is also the age to learn about indepenance and self-studying.
After that, most children could continue their studies even after high school, due to their need in assistance, which teachers would gladly help. We also help parents in dealing with children who refuse to study.
Who Are We
With many children and parents to attend to, Kumon is the best place for everyone to take a breather, as we strongly believe in indepandent studying.
With that said, parents are free to pick up their child after their work, while the child continue staying in the centre to focus on their work. With strong rapport amongst teachers and parents, each child is unique and shaped in a different way.
We also tend to parents who have worries about their children’s work or progress, and paying very close attention to how their child work. The future of your child is surely safe in our hands.
Along with the Kumon worksheets, we also provide elemantary books for students, each brightly colored to attract attention, as well as very carefully labelled guidance.
With each book, students can see how fast they progress, and with that, determine which level is suitable for them, before moving on to the next book.
With a long history that dates back to 1954, parents can trust that their students have been taught the most reliable, faithful and progressing methods, which proves not futile until today.
Providing with the most advanced techonology, and past materials, you can be sure that Kumon’s time will be continously growing with more children enrolment annually.
