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DRONE EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS CLASS 5 TO CLASS 10 in Schools.

Ready for Take Off: What is drone education and why it is the need of the hour
The obvious skill that comes to mind when we talk about a drone is an operator or a drone pilot. However, apart from just flying drones, it is the technology behind it that will be one of most important literacies in the near future. It is important for students to understand the connection between the coolness of flying a drone and the potential applications it can have.

1. The programming advantage – User interfaces and operating systems for drone flight control will see software development as one of the pillars in this ecosystem. Companies will see system integration opportunities to bring drone data into IT enterprise systems. Coders will have a keen interest in learning the concepts of a UAV. We see a large number of school students turning into cutting edge coders and software programmers at a very young age.

2.Tactile learning – By teaching a student how a drone flies, it becomes easier to understand the basic concepts of physics and mathematics. It is simpler for elementary students to learn how wind impacts a drone’s path in terms of speed, distance and time, along with the laws of physics.

3.The inventors of the future – With no dearth in job opportunities related to drones, the experts can learn to develop more versions of the drone with unique capabilities. With such opportunities in the hardware space, people do not stop only at prototype building, but also reach levels of testing them at airfields for airworthiness.

4.Understanding electronics – What is a drone without its motherboard? Just like a computer, a drone has various electronic parts that determine how well it can fly and communicate with the controller. Designing of the processor, Wi-Fi module, memory chips, communication ports, etc. is key to the intelligence of the aircraft as all these parts constitute the main processing unit.

Keeping this in mind, a comprehensive drone curriculum for schools that will introduce students to drones & associated technologies, industry applications, and a number of linked disciplines such as AI, 3D printing, Data Analysis, Surveying and Mapping, is the need of the hour.

An immersive curriculum through which students can actively take the first step in becoming drone technologists while also learning core skills in data collection & analysis, objective thinking, research & development and product development is increasingly necessary to pursue careers in this rapidly evolving workforce.