Sastra to set up STEM labs in 10 TN schools

TNN | Mar 14, 2020, 04.26 AM IST

Trichy: SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, has selected 10 schools in Tamil Nadu to set up SASTRA-CNR Rao laboratories. Named after Indian chemist C N R Rao, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) lab is aimed at strengthening science and technology-based learning at the school level.

Each of the 10 schools will get a lab worth Rs 5 lakh. These labs will have Do-It-Yourself (DIY) kits on robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, artificial intelligence (AI) and drones.

SASTRA had called for competitive proposal submission from schools across Tamil Nadu. More than a hundred schools submitted their proposals from which 25 schools were shortlisted for interaction and presentation.

The schools are, Adhyapana School (Madurai), Swami Dayananda School (Manjakudi), Chinmaya Vidyalaya Matriculation (Trichy), Government Model Girls Higher Secondary School (Manachanallur), Sri Matha Matriculation Higher Secondary School (Kumbakonam), PSBB (Chennai), Akshaya Academy (Coimbatore), PS Senior Secondary School (Chennai), Gurukulam Matriculation (Chengalpet) and Sitadevi Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya, (Chengalpet).

Schools have been selected from rural and urban areas based on the requirement and interest level of the teachers and management to utilize the new laboratory to the students from Classes VI to XII. While a few schools opted to use this lab up to Class IX by adopting this during the working hours others opted it as special course. tnn