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Leading schools round the globe are rapidly inculcating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education in primary curriculum. The reason behind this is pretty simple. STEM fields have the prospect of a lucrative career. STEM careers also provide an average yearly income which is higher than most other fields. Robotics is a fun and effective way to introduce STEM education to primary school students. Subjects like mathematics and science are generally taught to elementary school and middle-school students in a theoretical manner. Let’s go through some ways to make STEM education entertaining through the application of robotics. Educational robotics consist of a set of learning activities that support as well as strengthen specific domains of knowledge cum skills related to STEM in students via creation, design, operation and assembly of robots. Students in primary schools generally learn STEM subjects in a procedure-oriented manner. Students may find STE

The key finding in a recent study that even top schools in major cities in India suffer from the entrenched tendency to impart rote learning may have some shock value to those who believe that private educational institutions place greater emphasis on quality and holistic education. However, for those closely observing the school education scenario, it is a re-affirmation of a bitter truth: schools in our country are, by and large, quite far from seeing education as a process of learning with understanding, acquiring knowledge through self-discovery and conceptualization; rather education remains a mere transmission of information in a rigid classroom atmosphere, where the emphasis is on memorization and the objective is to rush through a per-determined syllabus and prepare children for examinations. While on the scholastic side the WIPRO-Educational Initiatives ‘Quality Education Study,’ which covered 89 schools, shows a fall in learning standards among st