[A group of children from Kautilya Vidyalaya, one of the schools selected for Tinkering Lab, are seen examining a model depicting renewable energy in this file photo.]
New Delhi: NITI Aayog in coordination with Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has selected 2,441 schools across India to establish Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) under the Atal Innovation Mission.
"The objective of this scheme is to foster curiosity, creativity and imagination in young minds and inculcate skills such as design mindset, computational thinking, adaptive learning and physical computing", Minister of State (HRD), Upendra Kushwaha said in a written reply to a Rajya Sabha question on Thursday.
The minister further said that the Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA), a convergent framework across School Education and Higher Education to encourage children towards learning Science and Mathematics through activities related to the two subjects.
"Some of the interventions under RAA for promotion of science are strengthening of school Science and Mathematics laboratories, Science Fair/Exhibition and Talent Search at district level, provision of Mathematics and Science kits to schools, visit of students to higher educational institutions and learning enhancement of students", he said.
"During the last three years, an amount of Rs 952.47 crore has been approved for In-service Teacher training of Mathematics and Science teachers at upper primary level, learning enhancement programme, computer aided learning and innovations under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)", the minister said.
According to the minister an amount of Rs. 425.39 crore has been approved for in-service training of science and maths teachers, remedial teaching, provision of science and maths kits, science exhibitions etc under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA).
The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005 had suggested a paradigm shift in science education in India. As per NCF 2005, inquiry skills should be supported and strengthened by language, design and quantitative skills. Schools should place much greater emphasis on activities aimed at stimulating investigative ability, inventiveness, creativity and transfer of learning in varied situations.
"The perspective of NCF-2005, on science has been translated into syllabi, textbooks and teacher support material developed by the National Council Of Educational Research And Training (NCERT)", the minister said.
"The NCERT has continuously been building capacity of science teachers and teacher educators at the secondary stage for content and pedagogies which promote inquiry, thinking and problem-solving skills in students. NCERT also conducts National Science Exhibition every year to further promote scientific temper among students", he added.
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