From this academic year, tenth standard students of schools in Kerala will learn robotics technology focusing on circuit construction, the use of sensors, actuators and integration of programming to control electronic devices.
Yes, to make students of Kerala future ready, the Kerala State Education Department has taken a pioneering step by integrating robotics technology into the newly revised school curriculum.
Kerala Education Department confirmed the new addition in the curriculum in an official statement. As per the details, the Education Department has introduced key concepts such as circuit construction, the use of sensors and actuators, and the control of electronic devices through computer programming in the sixth chapter, titled “The World of Robots,” included in the first volume of the Class 10 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) textbook. “The new textbook is designed to enhance students’ practical skills by enabling them to understand fundamental concepts and models of robotics,” the statement read.
A senior official of the department said it was for the first time in India that a state has integrated robotics technology into its school curriculum. Beginning with the new academic year, approximately 4.3 lakh Class 10 students in Kerala will have the opportunity to study robotics and engage in hands-on practical experiments.
The first activity for the children will be to prepare an automatic sanitiser dispenser that detects the presence of a hand using the Arduino breadboard, IR sensor, servo motor, jumper wires, etc. in the robotics kit provided to the schools. As part of the new curriculum, the students will learn to make smart doors that open themselves by recognising faces through an AI-based home automation system. The children will be familiarised with developing ‘Face Detection Built-in-Model’ with the help of the programming IDE in the Picto Blox software and opening doors with the help of the webcam and Arduino kit on the laptops provided to the schools by Kite. Kite has devised a new robotics learning method in a way that helps children solve many similar practical problems with innovative systems.
KITE has completed the distribution of 29,000 robotic kits to high schools across Kerala and will provide ICT textbook training for teachers. Robotic kits will also be made available to unaided schools following the state syllabus.
