NE EDUCATION BUREAU
CHENNAI, APR 9
Chennai-based Sri Chaitanya School (SCS) on Thursday announced that it has emerged as the World Champion in the Space Settlement Contest-2021 jointly conducted by NASA and the National Space Society (NSS) for the eighth time in a row., says a school release..
Students from more than 100 countries participated in the Contest.
Commenting on this feat, Chairman of Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions, Dr BS Rao said, “Students of Sri Chaitanya have submitted 64 Prize Winning Projects, which is more than 50% of the 107 Prize Winning Projects from India out of the total 160 Winning Projects declared winners from around the world. Thus, the SCS has submitted the lion’s share of projects to make the country the No.1 in the World of space science.”
- The prize winning projects in NASA Settlement Contest:
- The total number of Prize-Winning Projects around the world: 160
- The Number of Prize-Winning Project originated from India: 107/160 (67%)
- Percentage of Winning Projects from Sri Chaitanya in India Total: 64/107 (60%)
- Percentage of Winning projects from Sri Chaitanya Total: 64/160 (40%)
Many more feathers in the cap of glory of Sri Chaitanya School:
- World 1st Prizes : 9
- World 2nd Prizes : 9
- World 3rd Prizes : 11
- Honourable mentions : 35
- Total Prize Winning Projects : 64
Commending the students, Chairman Dr Rao said, “A total of 758 students participated in preparing the 64 Prize Winning Projects. In the number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prizes or in the number of Prize Winning Projects, or in the number of students participating in the Projects, no other School in the World or in India is nowhere closer to Sri Chaitanya School.”
The Academic Director of Sri Chaitanya Schools, Seema attributed this success to the Conceptual Teaching Methodology and the Activity and Practical Based Teaching, putting aside the age old method of Rote Learning was responsible for such a tremendous victory in NASA-NSS Space Settlement Contest.
She congratulated the Prize Winning students, their parents and the Teaching Community which made this victory possible.
