WICHITA — Recent Wichita State University graduate Neeti Patel is now a teacher – and a business owner at age 22.
Patel, who has a business management degree, is opening a Kumon Math and Reading Learning Center in the Hampton Lakes Retail Center at 4041 N. Maize Road.
“I went to Kumon as a child,” Patel says. “The program is amazing. I really believe in it. … Education’s really important to me.”
She says Kumon is a Japanese learning enrichment program for students of all ages. It focuses on math and reading.
“It is the world’s largest enrichment program,” Patel says. “The children actually end up learning the concepts on their own.”
She says Kumon instructors make sure there are no gaps in what the students are learning.
“We start them at a place where they know everything, and we go up from there,” Patel says. “We call it the comfortable starting point.”
She says that’s to build confidence for the students and help them enjoy what they’re doing.
“They actually learn to love the material,” Patel says. “I loved the program. My parents loved the program.”
She says Kumon also is good to franchisees.