On the occasion of completion of 40 years of Eklavya organization, active in the field of education and 50 years of Hoshangabad Science Teaching Program (Hovisika), the annual Hovisika lecture series was started from this year, remembering this long journey.
Laltu (aka Harjinder Singh) delivered the first lecture in the Hovisika lecture series held on Saturday at the State Museum, Bhopal. Along with being a scientist, Laltu is a well-known poet and writer of Hindi literature.
In his lectures, Laltu shared the scientific outlook, its importance and the links that scientific inquiry has to our social existence and identity.
He said that scientific thinking is actually a thought to know and understand nature and to move continuously towards the creation of a better world.
After the lecture, Anubhuti Sharma sang Kabir's compositions in Nirgun Gayan. Keeping different aspects of human journey in front of this Kainaat, Anubhuti beautifully presented the basic human desires of love, peace and liberation through her singing.
At the beginning of the program Shobha Bajpai, a teacher associated with Hovisika, gave information about the program. She pointed out that Hovishika was not just a separate method of education but a philosophy aimed at creating an educational ground for critical thinking and human values.
Hoshangabad Science Education Program (HOVISHika) started in 1972, continued till 2002 in more than 200 Government schools with an innovative program of science education, emphasis is laid on the development of scientific attitude rather than memorizing scientific facts. Following the learning of this program, Eklavya Sanstha developed an innovative curriculum of social sciences.
At present, Eklavya's on-the-ground educational experiments are going on in many other states including Madhya Pradesh.
Apart from this, Eklavya has also made a mark in the publication of children's literature and educational literature useful for teachers.