This summer, ISRO turns Space teacher for school kids

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a special programme for School Children called “Young Scientist Programme,” also called “Yuva Vigyani Karyakram (Yuvika) from this year.

The programme, according to an ISRO statement, is primarily aimed at imparting basic knowledge on Space Technology, Space Science and Space Applications to the younger ones with the intent of arousing their interest in the emerging areas of Space activities.

ISRO has chalked out this programme to “Catch them young”. The residential training programme will be of around two weeks duration during the summer holidays. The space agency has proposed to select three students each from each State/ Union Territory to participate in this programme covering state, CBSE, and ICSE syllabus.

Those who have just finished 9th standard (in the academic year 2018-19) and waiting to join 10th standard (or those who have started 10th standard just now) will be eligible for the programme. The selection will be based on the 8th standard marks.

A few seats are left for the programme from various states. Interested students could register online from March 25, 2019 to April 3, 2019 up to 6 pm. The selection is based on academic performance and extracurricular activities. Students belonging to the rural area have been given special weightage in the selection criteria.

The list of the provisionally selected candidates from each State will be announced on April 6, 2019. The provisionally selected candidates will be asked to send the supporting documents by email to ISRO. This Email ID will be intimated to selected candidates.

After verifying the relevant certificates, the final list will be published on April 13, 2019. The programme is proposed to be held at four ISRO centres during the second half of May 2019. For more information log on to here.