A two-day National Children’s Science Congress 2015 will be organised for the schoolchildren to learn about science and its facts. The workshop will be organised by National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), New Delhi and Madhya Pradesh Science Centre on May 11 and 12. The workshop will be held at AIKF Ashram, Arera Colony.
During the two-day workshop, the students will learn about the changing climate under the theme ‘Understanding Weather and Climate’.
Notably, the Children’s Science Congress was started in Madhya Pradesh by MP Science Centre Gwalior in 1988. Now, NCSTC organises the National Children’s Science Congress every year across the country on new topics so that children can get acquainted with science facts and can also share their ideas with each other.
The workshop is majorly held for the children of age group between 10 and 17 years and it is also organised on district, State and national level. Further, the students from district level are selected to the State level and students from State level are selected to participate in the National Children’s Science Congress. This time as many as 30 students will represent Madhya Pradesh in the National Children’s Science Congress 2015. Moreover, coordinators from as many as 40 districts of Madhya Pradesh will participate in the workshop.
Professor SK Kulshreshtha, Retired Principal, Hamidia College; Sandhya Sharma, State Coordinator; Professor Vipin Vyas, Barkatullah University and other experts will interact with students during the workshop.