Camille’s Academy to introduce int’l certificate programme for robotics, coding, and AI

A new partnership has been forged, which will see a group of Guyanese students benefitting from world-class training in robotics, coding, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and drone technology.

Camille’s Academy Inc. (CAI), a private education institute in Guyana, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RoboChamps India (RoboChamps.in), a globally recognized training company that has been helping create dynamic robotics and AI labs for schools in various parts of the world.

The signing took place at Oxford University during the World School Summit UK, hosted on June 28 last.

Academic Director of Camille’s Academy, Dr. Camille Deokie-Gorakh, attended the UK Summit, where she met with representatives of RoboChamps India. During the summit, Camille’s Academy was hailed for its efforts in offering a curriculum that promotes holistic education in Guyana. The CAI, which was among fifty awardees from different continents, represented schools from the Caribbean for its work in innovation in education.

According to the Principal, through the collaboration with RoboChamps India, Camille’s Academy will introduce robotics training for Grades 4–11, introduction to coding and programming, AI education, and drone technology to its curriculum.

Additionally, the school will benefit from an internationally recognised curriculum and certification programme, compliments of RoboChamps.

The Director expressed excitement at the prospect of the new partnership. She noted that CAI is committed to empowering the next generation of innovators and tech leaders.

“We are very excited to announce that we are bringing this curriculum to Guyana. It is globally recognised; RoboChamps India even holds a Guinness World Record for hosting the largest robotics classroom,” Dr. Deokie-Gorakh said.

She continued, “This is the future of education and what the world will be like 10 years from now. We have to innovate to dominate. This is the direction in which the entire education fraternity is headed; in the direction of robotics, coding, and Artificial Intelligence. We must innovate if you want to stay ahead; we are preparing our students for the future, where workspaces and organisations will be using a lot of Artificial Intelligence and other types of technology. We can’t run from it, we must prepare them for where the world is headed, or they will be left behind.”

According to her, students will start to yield benefits of the partnership as early as September.

“This July and August, RoboChamps India will be training our trainers (teachers) in robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Drone Technology, and two months of intense training, we will be rolling out the courses for students at four of our locations,” Dr. Deokie-Gorakh added.

She noted that several of the courses will be tested at the school’s annual summer camp programmes during the July–August period.

Additionally, the CAI Founder announced that RoboChamps India will facilitate the establishment of a state-of-the-art Robotics Lab to be launched in September.

“RoboChamps India will be building the lab and furnishing it. We will just provide the space,” she said.

RoboChamps.in is trusted by 100+ schools in India, has impacted over 200,000 students, and expanded its presence to 10+ countries with custom Robotics and AI labs.

At the height of COVID, RoboChamps, an edtech startup dedicated to introducing kids to early AI education, launched its online courses in Robotics and Coding. Available in Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and English, the company provided free courses to kids in the age group of 6 to 17 living in rural areas.

The company entered the vernacular segment owing to a sudden surge in the number of inquiries from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities across India, following the launch of its English online courses. Within less than a month of launching their English courses, they received 3 million visits to their website. Their Hindi and vernacular course numbers are also increasing.