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In a totally radical move that totally sets a new benchmark for educational innovation in the country, Kerala has gone ahead and become the first State in India to totally mandate robotics education for all tenth-grade students. Yup, you heard that right – all 4.3 lakh students in the State are gonna be diving headfirst into the world of robotics through a revamped ICT curriculum starting this new academic year. The new textbook for Class X is gonna have a whole chapter dedicated to ‘The World of Robots’, where students will totally learn how to design circuits, use sensors and actuators, and control electronic devices through computer programming.

Who’s behind this totally awesome initiative, you ask? Well, it’s none other than Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) that’s making all of this happen. And get this – they’ve already introduced Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning for seventh-grade students last year, and now they’re taking it up a notch by incorporating AI learning into the new ICT textbooks for Classes VIII, IX, and X. General Education Minister V. Sivankutty totally dropped the bomb in March by announcing the distribution of 29,000 robotic kits to high schools across the State. Each kit includes cool stuff like Arduino breadboards, IR sensors, servo motors, and jumper wires. So, students are gonna start off by making an automatic hand sanitizer dispenser that detects hand movement. And then they’ll move on to creating AI-powered smart doors that recognize faces. How cool is that, right?

But wait, there’s more! KITE’s chief executive officer and chairman of the ICT Textbook committee, K. Anvar Sadath, totally spilled the beans that the first phase of training for 9,924 teachers on the new tenth-grade ICT textbook is already done. And they’re planning to arrange more training sessions solely focused on robotics in July. Plus, they’ll be providing more robotic kits to unaided schools following the State syllabus. Oh, and did I mention that the ICT textbook is now available in Malayalam, English, Tamil, and Kannada? Yeah, they’ve got it all covered.

So, there you have it – Kerala is totally leading the way in educational innovation by diving headfirst into the world of robotics. Who knows, maybe other States will follow suit soon. But for now, let’s just sit back and watch as these tenth-grade students become the future tech wizards of tomorrow.