Can someone help me translate this sentence?


I was studying minna no nihongo 2 中級 and this sentence appeared in the middle
of a text. I don't quite understand it. Just the general idea.

> ロボコンによる教育は、生徒たちを精神的に成長させる人間教育 **としても** 注目されるようになった。

This "としても" confused me. What does this sentence mean?




Maybe you're thinking of としても as "even if~". Here you should think of it as
として+も. 「Noun+として」 has several meanings and in your example it means "as~" or
"in the role of~". も here means "also".

The basic structure of the sentence is...

> 「XXは、YY **としても** 注目されるようになった。」  
>  "XX came to be noticed **also as** YY." / "XX came to draw attention **as**
> YY **as well**."




Maybe you're thinking of としても as "even if~". Here you should think of it as
として+も. 「Noun+として」 has several meanings and in your example it means "as~" or
"in the role of~". も here means "also".

The basic structure of the sentence is...

> 「XXは、YY **としても** 注目されるようになった。」  
>  "XX came to be noticed **also as** YY." / "XX came to draw attention **as**
> YY **as well**."

