CSIR, KV join hands to benefit students

New Delhi July 6 (IANS) CSIR and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan on Thursday announced the launching of a programme to enable KV students a hands-on experience of working in CSIR laboratories across the country.

The student-scientist connect programme named Jigyaasa will inculcate a culture of inquisitiveness on the one hand and scientific temper on the other among school students and their teachers the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) -- the largest research and development organisation in India -- said in a statement here.

The programme will connect 1 151 Kendriya Vidyalayas with 38 CSIR laboratories and benefit one lakh students and nearly 1 000 teachers annually.

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said that keeping in step with scientific development was crucial if the nation wanted to succeed.

--IANS
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