Under the government's listed goals, there are a lot of programs which emphasize on increasing the literacy, but as of now, there is no significant program or vision in increasing the mathematical abilities and numeracy which can put us ahead in the global race. The phobia caused by math and the demotivation is the number two cause for kids opting out of the rural schools in India." he said."For any country to develop and thrive globally, numeracy is as important a skill as literacy is. Three out of every four students who study in the government schools of India have trouble in understanding basic Mathematics. The judges were so spellbound by my speed, that they required me to perform more calculations to confirm my accuracy," he said.Bhanu Prakash said his vision is to create "VISION Math" labs and reach out to millions of children to make them start loving maths."My vision is to create math labs, reach out to millions of children, under what I call in order to make them start loving math and arithmetic calculations. The MSO was first held in 1998.Bhanu Prakash was 65 points ahead of a Lebanese contender and one from the UAE, who bagged the third position."Beating 29 competitors, up to 57 years of age, from 13 countries, I won the gold medal with a clear margin of 65 points. MSO was held virtually with 30 participants up to 57 years of age from 13 countries including UK, Germany, UAE, France Greece and Lebanon.
A robust plan like this will put India on the global map of excellence and bring back the old Indian Math Glory," he added.Srinivas Jonnalgadda, father of Bhanu Prakash said that his son has become proud for India and has the vision to eradicate math phobia.