CNN Central News & Network-ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Two science exhibition buses were flagged off from the Regional Science Centre, Bhopal, a unit of the National Council of Science Museums, under its travelling mobile science exhibition programme aimed at popularising science and spreading a scientific outlook. The buses have been sent to Agar Malwa and Harda districts of Madhya Pradesh.
The buses were flagged off by Dr. Satanand Mishra, senior scientist at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal (CSIR – AMPRI), and a member of the Local Advisory Committee of the Regional Science Centre, Bhopal.
The travelling science exhibition programme is being run especially to take science to students of remote and rural schools in Madhya Pradesh in a simple, engaging and experiential form. The initiative is particularly useful for schools whose students find it difficult to visit the Regional Science Centre, Bhopal.
The travelling science exhibition is essentially based on the concept of a “science exhibition on wheels”. Interactive and attractive exhibits, scientific models and science activities based on various subjects of science and technology have been installed in specially designed buses. These buses visit schools in different districts and provide students an opportunity to understand scientific principles through direct experience.
In the coming days, students at selected schools in Agar Malwa and Harda districts will get an opportunity through these science buses to view exhibits based on diverse science topics, participate in science activities and understand scientific concepts in an easy and interesting manner. The objective of the programme is to develop scientific temper, curiosity, innovation and interest in science among students.
On the occasion, Dr. Satanand Mishra said taking science to every section of society, especially students in rural areas, is the need of the hour. Initiatives such as the travelling science exhibition play an important role in developing scientific thinking among students and inspiring them towards science and technology, he said.
The programme being run by the Regional Science Centre, Bhopal, is an important effort towards popularising science and taking quality science education to students in remote areas.
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