The festival has provided students with an elaborate platform for scientific interaction, to improve their understanding of Science, knowledge and temperament
With backpacks on their shoulders and joy on their faces, as many as 3,000 children from rural India arrived in the national Capital, on Wednesday for five days of fun, frolic, and of course, Science.
The children are here to participate in the ‘Science Village’ event of the India International Science Festival (IISF)-2016, which aims to focus on the theme of rural development. Organised by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the five-day festival will have sessions on topics including indigenous science and technology, innovative agricultural practices, livestock management and advanced manufacturing technologies.
Israeli Science, Technology and Space Minister Ofir Akunis will pay a special visit to the fest, which was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on December 8.
The students have been divided into eight ‘houses’, named after distinguished scientists of the country: APJ Abdul Kalam, S Chandrashekhar, Aryabhatta, JC Bose, Homi J Bhabha, S Ramanujan, K S Krishnan and C V Raman. The festival has provided students with an elaborate platform for scientific interaction, to improve their understanding of Science, knowledge and temperament.
Several activities have been planned for the students over the next five days, including interactive sessions, a tour of the city, and screening of documentaries on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Digital India, and Make in India initiatives, among others. The students from almost inaccessible villages from across the country got this golden opportunity under the Adarsh Gram Yojna, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“We are from a small village and cannot provide many facilities to our students. Through this festival, our children will gain practical knowledge regarding science theories that they have studied in classroom,”said Priyanka Badone, teacher, Saraswati Vidhya Mandir, Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh.
WORLD RECORD
The festival organisers will also attempt to create a Guinness World Record for the most number of students dressed as Nobel laureaute Dr Albert Einstein at the same venue. As many as 600 students will dress up like Einstein on December 9, the third day of the festival. The objective of the event is to celebrate Einstein’s inventions and theories and to make students aware of his contributions. Earlier, the Black Pine Circle School in the US had made the record, with 319 of its students dressed as Einstein.
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