The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)-affiliated schools are celebrating the 128th birth anniversary of renowned Indian mathematician, Dr Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar as ‘Growing Aptitude in Numerical Innovations and Training (GANIT) Week’. The birthday of the great mathematician falls on December 22.
In a recent directive the CBSE has instructed heads of all affiliated institutes to hold multiple activities related to Mathematics subject during the week.
In the entire-week, interactive activity-based sessions would be organized for students on various topics like Mathematics in nature, Mathematics in architecture, Pascal’s triangle, and Vedic Mathematics.
In the order circulated by the, CBSE Additional Director (Innovation and Research), Sugandh Sharma has asked the schools heads to hold activities like Mathematics relay race in which students will be divided in small groups and some questions may be prepared for them. The students will only be able to move ahead in the race after solving these small brain twisters. The activity would divided in two categories-(I to V) and classes (VI-VIII).
Tasks like solving mathematical puzzles such as and creating magic squares would be held during the week. Schools have been asked to innovate and organize other similar activities on the subject to reduce the fear of Mathematics and make its study more interesting amongst students. Principal of KV ONGC, D S Negi said that this would help in improving mathematical aptitude among the students.