Just my bit on this brainobrain abacus courses in Dubai. The whole thing is a big farce with franchises being offered to 'lady graduates' only who are trained in a couple of hours to conduct these courses. Worse they are all thouroughly brainwashed through NLP to profit the owners.
In terms of results, children are better off not learning these short cuts. Just look around at the toppers in your child class & you will know.
I also learn that this company conducts NLPcourses for children which defies logic (check Wikipedia for NLP. (Has this been approved by KHDA?)
It is really sad to see so many parents fall for this & mothers like us running these franchises just for a few bucks.