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Schools
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Students
Experience the POWER of the abacus!
Welcome to Syllogism Education Institute
Why Choose Us?
Authentic
The modern abacus comes from Japan, where it has had 500 years of history: we are the only authentic Japanese abacus school in the UAE.
We have Experience
Our brand has over 47 years of experience.
We are ABACUS SPECIALISTS
As a method, we have exclusively taught abacus/mental arithmetic for 45 years (other methods will include abacus as part of their curriculum, so they are not able to go very deep into it, we are experts).
Highly QUALIFIED
Mr. Rodrigo holds an MPhil in Mathematics Education from the University of Cambridge, UK, where he specialised in the study of the mental representations of number in abacus-trained children and won a best dissertation award from the Faculty of Education.
We are EDUCATORS
Not trainers or businessmen: we teach primarily because it’s our vocation; we love both our subject, and our students, as individuals. The result is that we put education, as our priority. So we do not simply train for skill, but at the same time also cultivate logic, manners and attitude.
We offer INDIVIDUAL support
We teach according to each child’s ability and level of understanding so each student advances at his own pace; we have both introductory and reinforcing teaching materials for each level.
GOOD TIMINGS
We design the timings to optimise learning (each class lasts up to an hour) and you can choose between 1 and 3 one-hour slots per week, Saturday to Thursday mornings or afternoons.
We teach in DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Mr. Rodrigo has experience teaching abacus in English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish, speaks eight languages, and has lived in seven different countries. You don’t need to learn Japanese and live in Japan to learn from the masters! We have done that for you so you can learn in Dubai!
Message from our founder
About our founder
Education
Distinction and best dissertation award from the University of Cambridge for M.Phil research on abacus-trained children
Experience
Several years of experience teaching abacus and maths in Japan, China, UK and UAE
Languages
English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic
Qualifications
Abacus Instructor Licence (All Japan Abacus Federation 2015)
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education Best Dissertation Award (Maths Education)
Managing Director
Some of the ISHIDO-SHIKI schools in Japan
News & Blogs
Congratulations to Shahistnaz Patel for obtaining the 9th rank abacus operator licence!
This is a historical moment, as Mrs. Patel is the first student to take the examination in our BurJuman Centre location on 25th January 2021. She is a great role
The most important thing is to be disciplined and follow the steps carefully!
When practising the abacus, the most important thing is to be disciplined. You must follow the steps carefully. Mayur is one of our most disciplined students and in these videos
Congratulations to Lucy O’rear for obtaining the 9th rank abacus operator licence!
Congratulations! 11 months ago, Lucy passed the All Japan Abacus Federation's abacus licensing examination in the 9th rank, at our Institute in Dubai. Today, she finally got her certificate! Well
Shapes, colours and numbers as a gift for you! What a joy!
Our 3 and 5 year old students coloured an abacus sheet with our ISHIDO-SHIKI abacus characters, and exchanged it as a gift. Colouring is considered a right-brain activity, and so
Our students are studying very diligently!
These siblings (13 and 10) were initially reluctant to come to the trial lesson, but after they experienced the joy of the Japanese abacus training, they actually insisted to enrol.
The BurJuman Winter Tunnel is still open until this Saturday, 23 January!
BurJuman Centre always has something fun for children. This winter, it was the Winter Tunnel. You still have time to come and join the fun and take some pictures. Why
Abacus for all nationalities…
We are very blessed to have children from many different nationalities, such as these children from our most recent winter course -- two wonderful sisters from Lebanon, and a lovely
Teaching Indian children the Japanese abacus
The Japanese abacus is attracting the attention of more and more people around the world, particularly in the Indian sub-continent. Here, I am teaching abacus to Indian and Japanese students
Our founder visits ISHIDO-SHIKI founder, Mr Kenichi Ishido In Japan
In his January 2020 visit to the abacus museum in Shiroi, Japan, Mr. Rodrigo met with Mr. Kenichi Ishido, founder of the ISHIDO-SHIKI method, and other franchisees for their annual
