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Pat McGovern Bishop
Joined: 10 Jan 2011 Posts: 24 Location: saltcoats
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 6:59 pm Post subject: Compulsory Junior Chess |
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SNP take a leaf out of Armenia's book; here is an extract from Chess Magazine when talking about problems in junior chess; fascinating eh?
"This wouldn’t
be a problem in Armenia where it has
been announced that chess is going to
become compulsory!
The government has committed around
$1.5 million to a scheme that will see sixyear-
olds learn chess as a separate
subject on the curriculum for two hours a
week. Arman Aivazian, a spokesman for
the Armenian government declared that
chess lessons would strengthen
children’s intellectual development by
helping them to “think flexibly and
wisely”."
This in a country with GDP of 16.5 billion$ compared to Scotland's 194 billion $ (ppp) and with a population of 3.5 million compared to ours of 5.25 million. Question; why oh why cant we do the same???????? |
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