Highlights of the Scheme
- It is an effort to take forward the Prime Minister’s vision of Digital India, ‘Make in India’ and ‘Teach in India’.
- A convergent framework across School Education and Higher Education.
- Efforts made by INTEL for nurturing scientific temper among girl students.
- Google India’s initiative of Code to Learn Contest which will enable students to learn in the Google campus .
- RAA would be renamed after him, and thereby known as APJ Abdul Kalam Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan.
How it is implemented ?
- Government schools will be mentored by Institutes like IITs/ IIMs/ IISERs and other Central Universities and reputed organisations through innovative programmes, student exchanges, demonstrations, student visits, etc to develop a natural sense of passion towards learning of Science and Maths.
- To institutionalize major schemes of the Abhiyan, like school mentoring by premier higher education institutions,promotion of teacher circles, promoting Student Science Clubs, Resource Material Development, Advocacy and Monitoring.
- Strengthening of school Science and Mathematics laboratories, through the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)
- Important interventions i.e. Science Fair/Exhibition and Talent Search at district level; mathematics and science kits to schools, visit to higher institutions of students and learning enhancement of students have been approved.
- NITI Aayog under the Atal Innovation Mission is establishing Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) in schools across India.
- Working Framework:
- National Steering Committee (NSC)
- At the national level, there will be a National Steering Committee.
- It will be co-chaired by Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy and Secretary, Department of Higher Education.
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