Sastraposhini Scheme

Sastraposhini is a programme envisaged by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) for strengthening science education in schools of Kerala. Under the programme, model science laboratories are established in selected Government high schools of the State to provide a better learning environment. The programme was launched by KSCSTE in association with the Department of Education, Government of Kerala in the year 2003. So far, KSCSTE has successfully established more than 200 science laboratories throughout Kerala. Presently, KSCSTE has decided to implement the scheme only in government high schools of Kerala. The objectives of the Programme are: - To stimulate interest in science at the school level by the performance of experiments in Physics, Chemistry and Biology by students. - To provide hands-on experiments to students for observation, inference, interaction and self-designing of experiments. - To organize training programmes for the teachers to demonstrate scientific experiments. - To evolve a low-cost laboratory kit based on readily available material for the performing of a range of experiments.