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IGNOU to popularise science through mobile
phones
Wednesday February 29, 2012 07:31:00 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: An
initiative that aims to educate people across the country about
science through free mobile updates has been launched here, an
official said Wednesday.
'Science@Mobile' is an innovative scheme by IGNOU's National
Centre for Innovations in Distance Education (NCIDE) in
collaboration with Vigyan Prasar, a government body involved in
science popularisation tasks.
"Now, interesting science facts, latest science news, health tips,
green tips, events and days of scientific importance will be at
your fingertips with this service," said the Indira Gandhi
National Open University in a statement.
"The basic objective of this scheme is to exploit the potential of
mobile phones for science popularisation in society so as to
create interest among the people towards science," it added.
There is no subscription fee for the Short-Messaging Service (SMS)
and the target group includes educated as well as uneducated
people including homemakers and children. The content has been
grouped in three categories.
"First category includes those with little education background
who need basic science knowledge, the second category would
consist of those who are educated but have no science background
while the third category would include educated people having
sound knowledge about science," the statement said.
Subscribers will be given option to select the type of content and
frequency of the messages as per their choice and interest.
"Science communication and popularisation is of utmost importance
for our country as a large number of people need to be told about
the impact of science and technology in their daily lives," said
the statement.
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