The NTPC Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) has started a drive to bring in qualitative improvement in the school education in its peripheral villages on part of its CSR initiative.
In this regard, 10 Government middle schools have been identified for implementation of the RastriyaAbhiskarAbhiyan(RAA) activities. The programme will enable children to become motivated and engaged in Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT) through observation, experimentation, inference drawing, model building, rational reasoning and testability. Besides, the teachers from selected schools would be equipped with latest tools (Computer simulations, audio / visual content) and techniques (latest research on child psychology and pedagogy) used in teaching. The effectiveness of the programme would also be measured through national level competitions like NTSE and children science congress.
The NTPC Talcher Thermal has engaged UNISED (Unit of Science and Educational Development ) of IIT, Kanpur for the programme. And the UNISED has started installing the hardware in the 10 selected schools.
