Benefits of the Support of Polytechnic Education for Non-technical Schools’ Students

The addition of the polytechnic education to the curriculum of non-technical schools is currently a highly discussed topic that reflects the declining interest in technical fields of study and activities. Approaches to promoting technological and polytechnic education are numerous. However, the problem tends to be simplified to the issue of processing materials, which does not take into account the wide range of techniques and technologies, nowadays largely represented by information and communication technologies.With these facts in mind, an experiment was conducted, focused on the addition of a thematic unit of computer aided design (drafting) in 2D and 3D supported by CAD system to the curriculum of grammar schools with a 6- or 8-year study program, for the time period of 6 months. The submitted study presents a summary of contributions and results of the experiment, using the method of investigative research carried out among the teachers of grammar schools with a 6-or 8- study year programs, who had implemented the training of the above mentioned subject.