NE EDUCATION BUREAU
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, NOV 28
Aimed at promoting interest among the students of standard 6 to 8 to learn Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in ‘Kalvi Sirandha Tamil Nadu’, Chief Minister M K Stalin launched Vanavil Mandram (Rainbow forum), a unique initiative to foster scientific interest among school students on Monday.
- Chief Minister flags off 100 mobile science and mathematics laboratories on behalf the Scholl Education Department to stimulate the scientific temper among students
- The scheme will be implemented at an estimated cost of Rs 25 crore to benefit 25 lakh government school students
- About 710 STEM facilitators have been selected across Tamil Nadu to implement this programme
The event, attended among others by Ministers K N Nehru, Thangam Thennarasu, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and Tiruchirappalli Mayor M Anpahagan, was inaugurated at the Pappakurichi Government Girls Higher Secondary school, Kattur. Also, the Chief Minister flagged off 100 mobile science and mathematics laboratories on behalf the Scholl Education Department to stimulate the scientific temper among students. They would teach students science experiments and mathematics, on a monthly basis, with proper guidance, and display science tools made by students.
ஏன், எதற்கு, எப்படி என்ற கேள்விதான் மனித இனம் அடைந்துள்ள வளர்ச்சிக்கெல்லாம் அடிப்படை!
பகுத்தறிவைப் பள்ளிப்பருவத்திலேயே ஊட்டி, நம் சிறார்கள் மனதில் ஆராய்ச்சி விதையை ஊன்றும் "வானவில் மன்றம்" அரசுப்பள்ளி மாணவர்களுக்கான அரிய வாய்ப்பு!
கற்றல் இனிமையாகட்டும்!
கல்வி முழுமையாகட்டும்! pic.twitter.com/E1fbTAIv9Z— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) November 28, 2022
The scheme will be implemented at an estimated cost of Rs 25 crore to benefit 25 lakh government school students. Later, the Chief Minister visited the classrooms where science experiments were conducted by the students under the guidance of the teachers and interacted with them. Special training has been given to teachers who had expressed interest in participating in the programme across the state to share the methods they have used so far in teaching and provide suggestions for continued implementation of the programme.
About 710 STEM facilitators have been selected across Tamil Nadu to implement this programme and they will act as mobile science and mathematics experimenters. Also, they will guide in conducting simple science experiments for students of 6th to 8th standard.
