Candor International School partnered with a Japanese company to introduce robotics technology in the school’s curriculum on Wednesday.
In a bid to bring supplement theory with real-world applications, Candor International School partnered with a Japanese company to introduce robotics technology in the school’s curriculum on Wednesday.
The school, in association with the Japan-based Learning Systems, has introduced a system wherein students will be taught robotics and programming right from first standard. “This is the first time we are partnering with an Indian institution,” said Kikuchi, chairman, Learning Systems, adding that the company would also be overseeing the progress of the robotics centre at the school.
“This technology will help middle school students with their cognitive growth and understanding mathematical and scientific concepts. We have seen that even college students have trouble understanding the most basic concepts; so it’s better when the concepts are made clear right from the beginning,” he added.
Masao Ishihara, president, Learning Systems, who was present during the inauguration, said that apart from providing the technology, students should be supplemented by the right teachers and faculty to make sense of the technology. “Integration of robotics in school classes is not just a matter of students’ and teachers’ access to robotic technologies. Technology alone cannot help students and cannot act directly on learning. Appropriate educational philosophy, curriculum, learning environment, teaching methodologies and well-trained teachers are important for the successful integration of robotics innovation in school classes,” he said.
Pradip K Das, principal of Candor International, said that the idea of integrating robotics in school curriculum had been in place since December 2011.
“Through robotics, students get to learn programming, they get to understand how sensors work and they also learn to work on software called Scratch that was developed in MIT Robotics Lab,” he said.
He also said that as opposed to other subjects, robotics is seen more as a fun and enjoyable experience by the students.
“We have two trained individuals who will be part of the faculty and the people from Learning Systems will be overseeing the progress. Robotics is stress free for children. They are not threatened or scared by it the way they are scared of Math or Physics,” he added.
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