Introduction
- Jigyasa, a student- scientist connect programme has officially been launched in Delhi.
About JIGYASA
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has joined hands with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to implement this programme.
- The focus is on connecting school students and scientists so as to extend student’s classroom learning with that of a very well planned research laboratory based learning.
- The “JIGYASA” would inculcate the culture of inquisitiveness on one hand and scientific temper on the other, amongst the school students and their teachers.
- The Programme is expected to connect 1151 Kendriya Vidyalayas with 38 National Laboratories of CSIR targeting 100,000 students and nearly 1000 teachers annually.
- The program will also enable the students and teachers to practically live the theoretical concepts taught in science by visiting CSIR laboratories and by participating in mini-science projects.
The model of engagement includes
- Student Residential Programmes.
- Scientists as Teachers and Teachers as Scientists.
- Lab specific activities / Onsite Experiments.
- Visits of Scientists to Schools/Outreach Programmes.
- Science and Maths Clubs.
- Popular Lecture Series/ demonstration programme at Schools.
- Student Apprenticeship Programmes.
- Science Exhibitions.
- Projects of National Children’s Science Congress.
- Teacher Workshops.
- Tinkering Laboratories.
