The Telangana Social Welfare Educational Residential Institutions Society (TSWREIS) would introduce Robotic Labs to all its 269 institutions in the coming years to make robotic technology accessible to poor students and make the institutions technological and innovative hubs, said Secretary R.S. Praveen Kumar on Thursday.
He was speaking at the launch of ‘Tech Event’ at Narsingi School where students displayed their innovative projects on automatic street lights, smart garbage maintenance, irrigation and alert systems. “It is a matter of pride that the social welfare residential students participated in robotic expos organised at IIT colleges and a national-level event organised in association with Lawrence Technological University, U.S.A.,” said Mr. Kumar in a press release.
The TSWREIS had launched Robotic Labs at Narsingi School in 2016 in collaboration with Jay Robotix, Hyderabad. Over 30 schools involving more than 30,000 students were covered under this programme in the last two years.
School curriculum
Robotics, IOT and STEM subjects were introduced in the regular school curriculum to promote critical thinking among underprivileged students and make them job-ready in the 21st century, the Secretary added.