PNG Educational Robotic Lab (PERL) is introducing robots to enhance PNG education in classrooms.
PERL manager Louiez Sarmiento said PERL is an initiative of Rural Tech Development that aimed to give back something to the people of Papua New Guinea by introducing robots to classroom learning. “We chose robotic education as a way for us to give something back to the country that we have called home for more than 10 years because robots is the new technological revolution in the world,” he said. Sarmiento said robots, as the new technology, played an important part in the country’s Vision 2050 regarding information and communications technology (ICT). “The Government and Education Department are looking at ways to enhance ICT by 2050, and I believe robotic education is the way forward. “Children overseas are buying this high tech technologies as toys but here we don’t have them here, even in universities.” Sarmiento said they wanted to introduce robotic education to PNG to help the country walk in line with the world instead of following some year later. “We aim to make available inexpensive robotic resources for the people of this country,” he said. He said the way forward for ICT was by developing culture and creativity in ICT. “Curiosity is the engine to achievement,” Sarmiento said. “And if we give learning children robots to build and programme, it would enhance their mind, make them interested and help them to learn more through practical education.” “Schools in overseas are already using robotic education. “And PERL wants to give this same opportunity to the children of this country, so that in the next five to 10 years PNG will not be behind the world but with the world in ICT.” PERL is a non-government agency funded by Rural Tech Development as a corporate social responsibility to give back to the people of Papua New Guinea.
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