CBSE Science Challenge for Class 8 to 10 students; Last date to participate is Feb 28

According to the official notice released by the Board, the challenge will be available on the DIKSHA platform from January 17, 2022, to February 28, 2022. Students from Class 8 to 10, irrespective of the Board, are eligible to participate in this challenge.

CBSE Science Challenge: As an initiative to generate curiosity, inquiry and higher-order thinking amongst students, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched the CBSE Science Challenge for students of Classes 8 to 10. According to the official notice released by the Board, the challenge will be available on the DIKSHA platform from January 17, 2022, to February 28, 2022. Students from Class 8 to 10, irrespective of the Board, are eligible to participate in this challenge.

The notice reads, “To access the challenge, schools affiliated to CBSE are required to register their students, provide CBSE registration IDs to students who can then join the ‘CBSE Science Challenge’ course on the DIKSHA platform. The students of schools not affiliated to the CBSE can directly access the course on the DIKSHA platform.”

“Schools can nominate 5 children in each class who have secured a participation certificate in the Science Challenge directly to the second stage or national qualifiers of the Raman Young Science Innovator Awards (conducted by the RRI Trust founded by Sir C.V. Raman; for more details at https://www.ramanaward.org/,” the notice adds.

How to register students for CBSE Science Challenge?

1) NO participation fee is required for this student enrichment activity.

2) To register students, CBSE Schools may visit the CBSE website www.cbse.gov.in and click on the “CBSE Science Challenge –2021-22”. As soon as schools register students, Registration IDs would be generated which they can provide to respective Students. This is to be given to students so that they can fill it on the DIKSHA portal at the start of quiz.

Steps for students to participate in CBSE Science Challenge

1) Students can access the course via DIKSHA portal on the computer or via the DIKSHA app on their Android mobile. iPhone users can access the quiz on any mobile browser. They must have the latest version of the DIKSHA App from Playstore to access the quiz. In case they already have the DIKSHA App, it may be ensured that it is updated to the latest version by visiting Playstore.

2) Students would be required to login to the portal/app using their existing DIKSHA credentials. If they do not have an account on DIKSHA, then they can register for the same by clicking on the “Register here” button on the page. They can also sign in with an existing Google account by clicking on the “Sign in with Google” button.

3) The “CBSE Science Challenge” in English can be accessed via link: https://bit.ly/3nrpE2i and in Hindi: https://bit.ly/3K70gIZ. This will open the login page.

4) On the home page, click on “Join Course”.

5) Upon joining the course, students can access different modules of this course. They can either click on Start Learning or on any one of the modules to access the content:

• The first module provides a brief introduction to the CBSE Science Challenge course.
• The second module is the CBSE Science Challenge.

6) Students from CBSE affiliated schools have to fill in the Registration ID (to be provided by the school/ teacher) before accessing the Quiz. Students of schools not affiliated with CBSE may skip filling this Registration ID (please leave it blank).

7) All students who complete the course would be provided a participation certificate. Participation certificates will be issued online on the DIKSHA platform itself upon completion of the course.

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