IITM initiative to connect 1 lakh govt schoolkids to electronic sciences launched

Through this initiative, 252 government schools in rural locations were identified for getting the electronic kits developed by IIT Madras. 

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has launched an initiative aimed to connect with one lakh government school students in Tamil Nadu and motivate them to take up a career in the domain of semiconductor technologies through hands-on experience and lectures. 
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurated the initiative. As part of the endeavour, he distributed electronic kits developed by IIT Madras to the government school students.  Prof V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, “This initiative will greatly help the students of government school students. It was formulated with the help of Department of School Education... We have covered all districts of Tamil Nadu under this initiative. Students clearing this program will get certificates from IIT Madras. Students can perform 100 experiments on the Electronic Kits, which were developed by IIT Madras and being given to students. We will also be giving videos prepared in Tamil and English. Students can also use the kits to work on projects...We assure everyone that we will work towards making Tamil Nadu the #1 State in Electronics.” 

Through this initiative, 252 government schools in rural locations were identified for getting the electronic kits developed by IIT Madras. The institute has already trained two teachers from each school to teach children. To support the teachers, India Literacy Project (ILP India), a non-profit organisation, has come forward to deploy teachers to support them in electronics teaching and provide science kits (at least 10 kits to each of the 252 schools) through IIT Madras. The teacher volunteers from ILP will also support the teachers in conducting science kit experiments from Class VI to X. 

The students will get a complete hands-on experience in addition to theoretical knowledge. At the end of the modules of each section, a short test will be conducted. Eligible students would be provided with a certificate from IIT Madras. The set of experiments taught to students, at the school level, will enable children to think beyond and can design their own thought process to design circuits for any application, ranging from their day-to-day use/ o entrepreneurs/startups. 

In addition, students choosing electrical/electronic engineering as a branch of study could carry out experiments with confidence and read electrical/electronic subjects up to the second year, comfortably without any trouble. 

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