Students from Government school in Shalimar Village selected for NASA space camp in USA
Five students from a Government school in Shalamar Village have been selected for a Space Science Programme at the United States Space and Rocket Center in Alabama, USA.
The students are selected based on their performance in a newly inaugurated STEM Innovation Lab, with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta presenting air tickets to the selected students on Thursday at the Government Girls Senior Secondary School during the launch of a series of modern facilities under the Saksham programme implemented by the Ladli Foundation with CSR support from Honeywell Technology.
The facilities inaugurated at the school include an AI-integrated Smart School Toilet, a STEM Innovation Lab, a modern computer lab, and smart digital classrooms, alongside a comprehensive health programme for nearly 3,000 girl students enrolled at the school.
The Chief Minister said Delhi’s daughters are now ready to showcase their talent in science and technology on the global stage and expressed confidence that the five selected students’ achievements would inspire thousands of other girls to pursue science and research.
The STEM Innovation Lab will provide students with practical learning in robotics, artificial intelligence, coding, Internet of Things, space science, electronics, design thinking, and innovation. It also gives students access to digital content, smart boards, interactive learning material, computer-based training, and modern teaching methods.
The Chief Minister said girls’ education and health are closely linked and that better sanitation facilities directly affect regular school attendance. The health programme launched for the school’s approximately 3,000 girl students includes medical check-ups, eye screening, free spectacles where required, a deworming campaign, and menstrual hygiene awareness sessions.
On the power infrastructure front, the Chief Minister launched a Tata Power-DDL project in the Shalimar Bagh Assembly constituency to replace overhead electricity lines with insulated aerial bundled cables and underground power lines.
The project involves the phased underground cabling of 33 kV and 11 kV overhead power lines. Work in the first phase will begin on Club Road, Bhagwan Mahavir Marg, Swami Shraddhanand Saraswati Marg, Shaheed Udham Singh Marg, KL Bagga Marg, and Maharishi Dayanand Marg, along with other key roads in the area.
The Chief Minister also flagged off 137 advanced electric primary waste collection tipper vehicles for the Municipal Corporation as part of the Government’s push for cleaner and pollution-free urban management.
The vehicles will be deployed across four MCD zones: 37 in the Keshavpuram Zone, 46 in the Rohini Zone, 24 in the Narela Zone, and 30 in the Civil Lines Zone.
The Chief Minister said the Saksham programme is giving fresh momentum to digital education, science, innovation, and health facilities in Government schools and that a modern, science and technology-driven education system is the foundation of a developed India.
