School Mentoring
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Higher Education Institutions (HEI) will be encouraged and networked to mentor neighbourhood Higher Secondary, Secondary and Upper Primary schools over a period of 5 years. They will be called Mentoring Institutions.
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) and other institutions would provide the leadership and engage with mentoring of schools.
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The Department of Science and Technology and National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) through its various agencies would also play a major role in mentoring and encouraging activities in schools for the promotion of Science.
The students of Indian Institutes of Technology /NIT and other premier Institutions may be encouraged to mentor KVS & NVS school students to take up local problem solving projects.
For the purpose the State/UT Govt. will map schools and Higher Education Institutions and then network each other considering neighbourhood, mutual convenience and subject interests etc.
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The role of these Mentoring Institutions would be to:
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To improve student engagements through Science and Mathematics activities in schools
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To create a culture of “making and doing” by students and teachers.
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To encourage collaborative engagement of teachers and students with planned and coordinated sustenance in the form of material access (resources, documentation and e-materials), institutional support (work load, scheduling, flexibility etc.) and intellectual support (content experts, mentoring, etc.).
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To ensure technology enabled scientific talks at schools.
