Making science education available and affordable to the children from disadvantaged community of Rural Rajasthan

The disadvantaged children from rural Rajasthan lag behind in science because of the lack of opportunity available to them in the early school age. Hardly any school innovates to develop the scientific aptitude and scientific thinking among them. We find a lack of guidance by the teachers, faulty education systems, non-flexible approach of the educationists put the future generation behind their counterparts from urban areas.

We have built the science center cum science museum on the campus which is located in the remote rural areas. This science center helps children from neighboring schools and from the community to give exposure to science-related activities. The campus itself is well equipped with adopting a scientific approach using solar energy in cooking, running a bakery, power generation, water recharging, running bio-gas plants, agriculture, learning about planets, and all daily aspects of life. The child enters the campus and immediately gets exposure to scientific learning. The 28th of February is national science day and we would involve the community to visit and participate in the science-based experiments and learning.

It will generate interest of school-aged children towards science. The in-depth scientific thinking will help them grow and at a later age opt for science learning. We hope that every year children studying science stream will increase not only from the rural areas but also from the lower strata of the society. every year at least 10% more children from the age of 12 will opt for the science subject to make a career in the science stream.