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Online Abacus Classes for Kids in India🇮🇳

Three-digit sums in their head, with no calculator and no finger counting. The first live class is free, and you watch it.

Near you, wherever you live in India: every class is live online, in your time zone, and your child joins from home.

How old is your child?

Show us on the beads.Top bead 5Bottom beads 1 eachLeft rod tens

We teach ages 6 to 12. Not sure if yours fits? Book anyway and ask the instructor on the call.

Move the beads to show your child’s age.

Not sure how the beads work?

Fill in the simple form insteadSee how a soroban works

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A live 30-minute lesson with the instructor who would teach your child. You watch the whole class.

500+ students over 7+ years · certified instructor · live, never recorded

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Your child

How old is your child?

Turning 6 soon? Pick 5. Every child starts at Level 1.

Batch times are set for your time zone.

  • Free. No card, nothing to pay.
  • Nobody will ask you to pay or decide anything on the call.

Seats open in the current batch

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Across India

Abacus classes for children in your city

The classes are live and online, on IST, so where you are decides only which batch suits your evening. These pages answer what parents in each city usually ask us first.

Abacus classes in India, in full

What “abacus classes near me” means when the class is live online

It is the phrase almost every parent types first, and it usually returns a disappointing list: a handful of centres in the metros, nothing at all in most of the country. Our answer is that the thing which has to be near you is the timing, not the building. Batches run in IST and are built around the Indian school day, so the class is close to your evening rather than to your postcode, and there is no traffic between your child and the lesson.

We are based in Goa, and families there can also take hybrid or in person classes. Everywhere else in India the programme runs online only. We do not have premises in the cities listed above and we will not pretend otherwise. What each of those pages carries is the curriculum, the board fit, and the timings as they apply where you live.

Cartoon of a girl in school uniform holding a soroban at a low table while her grandmother watches with a cup of chai

The parent portal

Quality over quantity is easy to say. We let you check it, class by class.

Every family gets a private parent portal. After most classes the instructor writes you a note about your child, and the attendance, the timed tests and the certificates sit beside it.

IraLevel 2 · Mon and Thu batchSample child

Updates from class

  1. Thu 16 Oct New

    Set 47 + 25 with no wrong moves, and used the index finger for the top bead without a reminder. Two minutes a day on “take five, add one” before Monday.

  2. Mon 13 Oct

    A slow start, then the steadiest hand in the batch on the last round. Ask her to show you a sum on the beads tonight.

After most classes, the instructor writes what your child did and what to practise next.

Example screens with a sample child. The portal opens when your child joins a batch, and each family sees only their own child.

Parents answer the question you came here with: is abacus good for kids?

My son's math skills improved dramatically after just three months of classes. His concentration has improved in all subjects too.
Sarah Fernandes·Parent of 8-year-old

Excited about maths for the first time

Yes! He is enjoying the classes. I have never seen him so excited about math.
Pravin·Parent of 7-year-old

Now enjoys maths challenges

After six months of classes, my daughter's confidence in mathematics has soared. She now enjoys math challenges!
Lisa Rodriguez·Parent of 7-year-old

Significant improvement in just months

Thank you so much, teacher. It is due to your patience and dedication that my child has shown significant improvement. We truly appreciate your efforts.
Hanisha Ali·Parent of 8-year-old

Completed level with full marks

We are delighted to share that our daughter has completed her level today with full marks! This achievement wouldn't have been possible without your constant support.
Mahesh·Parent of 9-year-old

What happens after you book

Four steps, and only one of them is yours

  1. You book

    Two short steps: your child's age, then how to reach you.

  2. We confirm a time

    Within 24 hours, by email or phone, with the fee for your country in writing.

  3. Your child takes the class

    Live, on a real soroban, with the instructor who would teach them.

  4. A seat is offered

    After the class, by invitation. An invitation holds a seat for 14 days.

Nobody will ask you to pay or decide anything on the call.

Class facts

Everything a month includes

Live classes
2 a week, 1 hour each
Children in a batch
10 at most
Batch times
Set for your time zone
Levels
10, each ending in a graded test
First graded test
About month 3
Practice at home
About 15 minutes a day
Soroban and workbook
Sent to your door
Fee
One fee for your country, in writing

It suits children aged six to twelve, including those already good at maths, in a family that can protect two hours a week and fifteen minutes a day. If that is not possible today, come back when it is: we would rather lose the enrolment than lose your child in month two.

Cliffpoint Abacus Academy teaches live online abacus classes to children aged 6 to 12 from Goa, India, to families in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Gulf, Canada, Australia and Singapore.

The ten levelsThere are ten of them, and each one ends with a test. Read what the ten-level programme asks of your child at every stage.Open the prospectus

Ten seats per batch, and every child begins with one free class.

  • Every field on one page, for parents who would rather just type
  • The fee for your country comes in writing with your demo time

Book a free demo class

A live 30-minute lesson with the instructor who would teach your child. You watch the whole class.

500+ students over 7+ years · certified instructor · live, never recorded

WhatsApp works best. We use it only to agree a demo time.

By booking, you agree we can contact you about this demo. Your details stay with us: no spam, never shared.

Seats open in the current batch

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India

Online abacus classes in India

Most parents begin by searching for abacus classes near me, and in India that search usually turns up nothing within a sensible drive. We teach children across India, from major metros to smaller towns where good local options were never available, through live online classes capped at ten students per batch. Schedules run in IST around the Indian school day, with after-school weekday slots and weekend morning batches. The certified instructor has 7+ years of teaching experience. Tuition is billed monthly in rupees, and current rates are sent in writing with your demo time. The toolkit is a separate one-time purchase, with shipping invoiced based on your delivery address. The 10-level programme suits children from Class 1 through Class 7 across CBSE, ICSE, IB, and state board schools.

Common questions from families in India

What time zones do you teach in for families in India?

All India batches run in IST. Most families pick an after-school weekday slot or a weekend morning batch. Timings stay consistent week to week so it slots into homework and tuition routines.

What are the fees for abacus classes in India?

One fixed monthly fee for India, in rupees, the same for every family there. It covers two live classes a week, eight a month, in a batch of at most ten. We send it in writing with your demo time, so you can read it before the class, and nobody asks you to pay or decide anything on the call. The abacus and workbooks are a one-off purchase, delivered to your address.

How does the abacus fit alongside CBSE, ICSE, and state board curricula?

Abacus training builds the mental maths, focus, and visualisation skills underneath every board's maths syllabus, and pairs naturally with vedic maths for older children. Most parents start their child between Class 1 and Class 5 for the strongest results in school maths and olympiad style competitions.

What does the free demo class look like for Indian families?

A real 30-minute live class with our certified instructor over video, not a recorded video or sales call. Your child tries the abacus, the instructor walks you through the programme, and you can ask about timings, INR fees, and toolkit delivery. No payment required to book.

I searched for abacus classes near me and found nothing. Can my child still join?

Yes. Our classes are live online, so there is no centre to travel to and no catchment area to fall outside of. What has to be near you is the timing, not the building: batches run in IST and are set around the Indian school day, so children join from home after school or on a weekend morning. We are based in Goa, and families there can also choose hybrid or in person classes. Everywhere else in India the programme is online only, and it is the same curriculum, the same certified instructor, and the same batch cap of ten.

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For parents

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A note for Indian parents

Boards, Olympiads and Vedic maths: where abacus fits

Whichever board your child is on
CBSE, ICSE, a state board, IB or Cambridge: each teaches arithmetic in its own order, but the arithmetic is the same. India's NIPUN Bharat goals expect a child, by the end of Class 3, to read and write numbers up to 9999 and solve simple multiplication problems. A soroban turns those numbers into beads your child can see and move, and the skill goes with them if they change boards.
Olympiads need more than speed
Olympiad papers test reasoning as well as arithmetic. The SOF International Mathematics Olympiad gives one section to logical reasoning, such as patterns, coding-decoding and mirror images, and another to higher-order questions. Abacus does not coach those. It makes the calculation inside each question quicker and surer, leaving more of the hour for thinking.
Abacus or Vedic maths?
They are not rivals. Vedic maths is a set of shortcuts for particular kinds of sum, and suits a child who already has a feel for numbers. Abacus builds that feel: real beads first, then, for most children after about a year, beads pictured in the head. A sensible order is abacus first, Vedic shortcuts later.
No centre to get to
Your child joins a live online batch from home, after school, in IST. Two one-hour classes a week, never more than ten children, about fifteen minutes of practice on other days, and a graded test at the end of each of the ten levels. Nobody asks you to pay or decide anything on the free 30-minute demo. The fee comes in rupees, in writing, with your demo time.

Read what an abacus is, follow the free step-by-step lessons, try the free virtual abacus, read how our mental maths classes work, or see the ten-level programme.