At this Mysore school, robots teach and mentor students

Shanthala Vidya Peeta, a school in Karnataka's Mysore has taken teaching methodology a notch higher having deployed robots to mentor students. On Wednesday, a newly developed robot lab was inaugurated by the K'taka Education Minister BC Nagesh in the school campus.

Mysore (Karnataka): Robot teachers taking classes and giving impromptu replies to students' queries have started gaining a foothold in Karnataka schools. On Wednesday, a newly developed robot lab was inaugurated in the campus of Shanthala Vidya Peeta. K'taka Education Minister BC Nagesh along with District in-charge Minister ST Somashekhar, MLA SA Ramadas, MUDA President HV Rajeev and others were present on the occasion.

The school built the robot lab in order to enhance the learning level of students, and also to arouse their interest and curiosity. There are about five hundred students from LKG to Xth standard in the Institution and this robot teaching program is tailored according to their classes.

There are 2 robot teachers teaching in school and they have been brought from Japan. A Madhya Pradesh based company has taken the responsibility for the program implementation and management. Also, additional equipment has been imported from various countries which is required for the project.

Earlier, teaching robots were introduced at a school in Malleswaram constituency in Bengaluru in which Higher Education Minister Ashwathth Narayana and others were in attendance.