PSAJK for increasing scientfiic temperament among children

Srinagar: President of Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) G N Var said that in the present world and in view of the National Education Policy (NEP) development of scientific temperament at the young age has become imperative for every child. “In view of the National Education Policy (NEP) it is important to develop scientific temperament among students. We should encourage and inspire students from the young age so that they can work on scientific innovations and make world a better place to live besides creates new livelihood opportunities,” he said on the eve of Science Week organised by Department of Physics National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar in association with Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility, Punjab University, Chandigarh

Var praised Director NIT Dr Rakesh Sehgal for opening the gates of prestigious NIT to students of all ages. “Dr Rakesh invites children, provides hands on learning, information about various labs to them. This opens up the vision of these children and students, catalysing their innovative, experimental and scientific observation. They see world in a new dimension and their thinking is developed,” he said.

He praised Dr Sehgal for his tremendous efforts to bridge the gap between schools and NIT. “As of now schools feel attached to NIT. Students particularly of class 11 and 12 are enthusiastic whenever they get opportunity to visit here,” he said.

Var said that given the fast changing world it is nothing less than a tragedy that we have not been able to produce a single Nobel laureate in science after Dr C V Raman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. He said that we need work together to fill in this vacuum.

“We congratulate NIT and its director for inviting the students of the schools and give them an opportunity to view the world in a new view. We hope that such programmes will continue in the future also. This is a step in the positive direction,” he said.