Science Education Promotion

NCERT has undertaken a number of steps to improve quality of science education of school level namely development of activity based textbooks, laboratory manuals, exemplar problems, science kits, source books on assessment etc. NCERT has also been organizing several teacher training programmes on the use of these materials.

The CBSE affiliated schools are directed  to provide facilities of well-equipped science laboratories for conduct of practical work in the schools, apart from appointment of qualified teachers for teaching the science subject. It advised to take  enrichment activities like science Olympiad and science Exhibitions are conducted to make teaching/learning of Science subjects more interesting and enjoyable.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. D. Purandeswari, in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today on 25th April