1. CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS
PROGRAM, PROCESS & PREMISE
DR LALIT SHARMA
MEMBER,
NATIONAL ACADEMIC COMMITTEE –
NATIONAL CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS

2. FUTURE OF INDIA
LIES IN THE HANDS OF
CHILDREN

3. CHILDREN ARE BORN SCIENTISTS

4. CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS
PROGRAM
PROCESS
PREMISE

5. CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS
THE PROGRAM

6. A PROGRAM OF NCSTC, DST, GOVT OF INDIA
STARTED IN 1993
OBJECTIVES
SPREAD CONCEPT OF METHOD OF SCIENCE LEARNING BY DOING
IMBIBE SCIENTIFIC TEMPERAMENT
ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO EXPLORE,
THINK, SERVE & WONDER

7. SCIENCE & CHILDREN

8. CHILDREN FROM THE AGE GROUP OF 10-
17 YEARS
FORM A TEAM OF 2 LIKE-MINDED ONES
UNDERTAKE A PROJECT ON A FOCAL &
SUB-THEME
WORK ON A LOCAL, SOCIALLY-RELEVANT PROBLEM
USING METHODS OF SCIENCE
COME OUT WITH DEFINITE CONCLUSION /
SOLUTION
PRESENT IN A REPORT FORM AND ORALLY

9. CHILDREN ACQUIRE THE SKILLS OF
OBSERVATION MEASUREMENT CLASSIFICATION ESTIMATION PREDICTION INTERPRETATION
CRITICAL THINKING
CREATIVE THINKING DRAWING CONCLUSION TEAM WORK

10. CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS
THE PROCESS

11. BRAINSTORMING ON DECIDING FOCAL
& SUB-THEMES
NATIONAL ORIENTATION ON FINALIZATION OF FOCAL & SUB-THEMES
PRINTING & DISSEMINATION OF
ACTIVITY GUIDE BOOK

12. NATIONAL LEVEL ORIENTATION OF STATE ACADEMIC COORDINATORS
STATE LEVEL ORIENTATION OF DISTRICT ACADEMIC COORDINATORS
DISTRICT LEVEL ORIENTATION OF RESOURCE PERSONS & GUIDE TEACHERS

13. INTER-REGIONAL LEVEL CSC
INTRA-REGIONAL LEVEL CSC
INTER-REGIONAL LEVEL CSC
NATIONAL LEVEL CSC

14. SIMPLE
PRACTICAL
CSC
PROJECTS
INNOVATIVE
INEXPENSIVE

15. CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS
THE PREMISE

16. CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS(CSC)
is UNIQUE
AND
it’s uniqueness lies in

17. CHILD-CENTRIC CSC IS A CHILD-CENTRIC PROGRAM
ANY CHILD (SCHOOL GOING / NON-SCHOOL GOING) CAN PARTICIPATE
INVOLVING CHILDREN AND NOT JUST STUDENTS IS THE UNIQUE FEATURE OF CSC

18. AGE GROUP
MOST RECEPTIVE, SENSITIVE, MOLDABLE AND LEARNER AGE GROUP IS 10 – 17 YEARS
CHILDREN FROM THIS AGE GROUP PARTICIPATE IN CSC

19. GENDER EQUALITY BEST SEEN IN CSC ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF GIRLS IS A
HEALTHY SIGN FOR THE COUNTRY’S FUTURE

20. BACKGROUND CSC PARTICIPANTS ARE FROM URBAN, RURAL AND TRIBAL AREAS
AWARENESS AND SENSITIZATION GOES UP TO GRASS ROOT LEVEL

21. THEME
SOCIALLY RELEVANT ISSUES ARE SELECTED AS FOCAL THEME FOR EVERY TWO YEARS PERIOD
HELPS IN CREATING SENSITIZATION AND AWARENESS AMONG CHILDREN

22. LANGUAGE NO LANGUAGE BARRIER
CSC PRESENTATIONS CAN BE DONE IN ANY OF THE SCHEDULED LANGUAGE
BECAUSE EXPRESSION IN VERNACULAR IS EASIER

23. COMMUNICATION SKILLS
CSC HONES THE COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN FORMS
REMOVES STAGE FEAR AND MAKE CHILD SCIENTISTS MORE CONFIDENT

24. Children’s Science Congress carries the spirit and mandate of
In addition,
Children’s Science Congress
carries the spirit and mandate of
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) of UNESCO
Right to Education (RTE, 2009)
National Curriculum Framework (NCF, 2005)

25. LEARNING TO TRANSFORM ONESELF & SOCIETY
Modalities and approaches of CSC cater to five pillars of learning of ESD;
LEARNING TO KNOW
LEARNING TO TRANSFORM ONESELF & SOCIETY
LEARNING TO DO
LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER
LEARNING TO BE
Declaration of ESD in 57th meeting of UN Gen Assembly, December
2002

26. CSC activities helps in materializing approach of learning as framed in the
Right of Children of Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2005 in relation to article 6.1, section C (ii, iii, iv and v)

27. Executive Summary, Page (ix) National Curriculum Framework 2005 reads,
“A social movement along the lines of Children's Science Congress should be visualized in order to promote discovery learning across the nation, and eventually throughout South Asia.”

28. CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESSSo
CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS
is THE program
that is
Communicating Science
across
the geography, gender and language

29. THAN'Q