From June 27 to July 3, the 9th Online Training for New Internatioanl Principals was successfully held by Shenmo Education Headquarters. Seven new Shenmo principals from Togo, Mali, Namibia and Botswana participated in the 7-day training together.

6月27日至7月3日，由神墨总部组织的第九期线上国际新校长培训成功举办。来自多哥、马里、纳米比亚、博茨瓦纳的7名新神墨校长共同参加了此次培训。

The new principals participating in this training are all new international principals who joined Shenmo in this June and July. Meanwhile, they are also international students who graduated from China, who will start up their own Shenmo Abacus Mental Math School in their home country after returning home. The four countries will be the four new countries that Shenmo enters in the development of African market. So far, Shenmo has developed to 13 countries in East Africa, West Africa, North Africa and South Africa.

参加此次培训的新校长，都是6-7月加入神墨的新国际校长，同时他们也是在中国毕业的留学生，将在回国后在祖国当地创业加盟神墨珠心算学校。这将是神墨在非洲发展进程中新加入的4个国家。至此，神墨在非洲已经发展到位于东非、西非、北非、南非的13个国家。

Based on the development experience of Shenmo African schools in the past few years, Shenmo headquarters continues to improve the training system. This time, through the 7-day training, Shenmo headquarters provided a systematic and in-depth training for the new principals in four aspects: teaching, school running, management and culture. Various training forms combining learning and practice make all the principals feel fruitful and look forward to the next-step practical work. At the final graduation ceremony, every young principal delivered their closing speech passionately...

基于过往几年神墨非洲学校的发展经验，神墨总部不断完善培训体系。此次，通过7天的培训，神墨总部从教学、办学、管理、文化四个方面为几位新校长提供了系统深入的培训。学中练，练中学，多样的培训形式让几位校长感到干货满满，对自己下一步的实际工作充满希望。在最后的结业典礼上，几位年轻校长都激动地发表了感言...

 

The past 7 days is not easy. But it gave me much insight. After the 7 days, I think it’s like a big game. And we already knew the winner. The winner is us. I wish I can meet every principal here around the world in the future. And when you organize your big abacus competition, in which my students in my school will go to attend.

过去的7天并不容易，但给了我很多收获感想。我觉得这7天就像一场比赛，而我们已经知道了谁是赢家，那就是我们。我希望将来能在世界各地见到这里的每一位校长。当你们举行你们的珠心算大赛时，我的马里神墨学校的学生一定会参加。

 

I can’t wait for Africa to hold an African competition that every kid can have Shenmo. We can come together and we hold the biggest competition ever. I can’t wait to see that moment.

我迫不及待地想见证非洲有史以来最大的比赛，那时非洲的每个孩子都能学习神墨。我们可以走到一起共同举办，我迫不及待地想看到那一刻。

 

I hope this is a beginning of something beautiful, not only for Shenmo, but for Africa. It’s good to see young African people in one room doing something beautiful. I want us to be open for collaborations to unite and put Africa in the Map. We are beautiful, we are smart, and we can do whatever we want to do. I want to say to Shenmo that, you did well to invite Africa into your franchise because you will be well represented.

我希望这是一个美好的开始，不仅对神墨，更是对非洲。我特别高兴看到非洲的年轻人们在一起共同做着这样一件美好的事。我希望我们能始终保持合作开放的态度，团结起来，在整个非洲发展。我们非洲人民，美丽聪明，我们可以做任何我们想做的事。我也想对神墨说，你们将非洲列入你们的发展行列是个正确的选择，因为我们会是很好的代表，在这里发展好。

 

I’m really excited. I thought myself this can be a platform for me to make money, or to learn something new because I really want to learn about something along the line of entrepreneurship. But now when I started to train this abacus, I realized that this abacus is a legacy for my children.

我此时真的很兴奋。我原本以为神墨可以成为我创业挣钱或学习新东西的平台，因为我真的想学习创业方面的知识。但现在，当我开始接受这个培训后，我意识到这把算盘，是留给下一代孩子们的有价值的遗产。

 

Shenmo teachers have been teaching us that abacus mental math learning journey is more psychological than just giving kids educational values. In the past 7 days, it’s quite psychological for me because, even if I did homework on time, I struggled with persistence. So, I started to question myself that how am I going to teach kids to be persistent when I’m struggling with it myself. So, those psychological parts you taught us was practical for me in these past 7 days. So, all the other value that comes with the concept, I believe that it can be practical. Somehow it changed a few things in my mind, and a few things in me. So, I’m really grateful and I believe it can change other teachers too.

神墨老师一直在教导我们，珠算心算学习的过程不仅仅是给孩子们带来教育意义，更是对他们心智的培养。在过去的7天里，我感受到了这种心智的培养。因为即使我按时做作业，我也要与自己的毅力作斗争。所以我开始问自己，当我自己也在挣扎的时候，我该如何教会孩子们坚持下去。所以，在过去的7天里，培训对我心智方面的影响对我来说很实际。因为亲身体会到这种心智的影响，珠心算理念中提到的其他价值，我也相信会是真的。不知怎么的，它改变了我的一些想法，也可以说改变了我。所以，我真的很感激，我相信这种改变其他老师也会感受到。

 

We came to China to take something that we don’t have in our countries. This is one of the valuable things that we are going to bring to Africa. I want to tell the teachers and principals who have taken the training to be proud of yourselves, because you represent the first people in your countries taking back this program which will improve not only the skills of the children but also improve their own way of working consistently.

我们来到中国，是为了学习并且带回去我们国家没有的东西。而珠心算，无疑是我们给非洲带回去的有价值的东西之一。我想告诉参加培训的老师和校长们，你们应该为自己感到骄傲，因为你们代表了你们国家第一批将珠心算带回去的人，这个课程将不仅提高孩子们的技能，还将不断改善他们自己的学习方式。

 

I wish all of you a very good project in the future. And I wish the project will grow in our country so that one day we can meet and all we can do together. Thank you for all you have done for us.

我希望大家在自己的国家都能将珠心算发展好，我也希望这个项目能在我们国家发展壮大。期待有一天我们能见面，为共同的事业努力。谢谢你们为我们所做的一切。