BIVAN SALUSEKI Xi’an, China “We don’t just read. We build. We fly,” says a student from Pakistan. At Xi’an Aeronautical Polytechnic, the workshop is the classroom. No theory only. Students fix real engines. They fly real drones. They build real 3D maps that companies actually…

BIVAN SALUSEKI

Xi’an, China

“We don’t just read. We build. We fly,” says a student from Pakistan.

At Xi’an Aeronautical Polytechnic, the workshop is the classroom.

No theory only. Students fix real engines. They fly real drones. They build real 3D maps that companies actually use. They work on real planes.

Teacher Wang Yuyu says it best: “I don’t ask them to memorise. I give them the sensor. Pull it apart. Feel it. Build it again. That is how you learn.”

And then there is a student from Pakistan. He knew nothing about drones. First flight? He crashed the drone.

He didn’t quit. He practiced again and again. Today he is confident he will complete the three-year course.

His dream now? To use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles home to check farms, protect forests, monitor floods, save lives.

The school says it’s ready to partner with institutions in Zambia to help in training especially the youths because technology is what will improve our standard of living.

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