POONCH: A three day training camp entitled Popularisation of Science Activities under S.T PLAN (Project) Govt. of India for the teachers and students of Mobile Schools of Poonch District, J&K commenced today here at Govt. Boys Hr. Sec. School, Poonch. The Workshop is the joint venture of Vigyan Prasar, Deptt. Of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, Noida and National Council for Urban and Rural Development Society (NCURDS), Jammu. The main purpose of the programme is to foster scientific temperament among the teachers stressing on Learning by Doing in discharging effective teaching learning process that ultimately will benefits student communities.
The inaugural function of the three day training program was presided over by Sh. Vijay Kumar Bhagat, C.E.O, Poonch. In his Inaugural address, he lauded the efforts of NCURDS, Jammu for organizing such type of innovative programmes in the interest of teachers and students of this District. Earlier Sh. Tajinder Singh local programme Coordinator welcomes the guests and the participants from different schools of Poonch District whereas Dr. Ashaq Hussain Master resource person in his introductory address gave a brief sketch of the three day programme after the distribution of the Resource Material Kits to the participants. Moreover Sh. Sudershan Sharma, Principal
HSS (B), Poonch also lauded the efforts of Zaffar Ullah Khan, Founder Secretary General (NCURDS) for organizing such workshops in future. The Resource persons that interacted with the participants during the technical session of the workshop included Dr. Ashiq Hussain, Principal, Govt. Degree College, Chatroo, Kishtwar, Sh. Kuldeep Gupta, Master GHS Simbal Camp, Jammu, J&K, Sh. Shamaile Nabi, Assistant Professor Galgotia College Greater Noida Delhi. The resource persons performed several experiments related to the nature study.
The first day of the programme was focused on plants where different activities under the guidance of Dr. Ashaq Hussain and Sh. Shamaile Nabi, the main resource persons of the program, carried out experiments related to the seed germination. The experiments regarding effects of light, temperature, water, soil, etc on seed germination were set up on the very first day of the program. The experiments for phototropism, geotropism in plants, the equipments for Nature walk like pooter, Butterfly net, under water viewer etc were also demonstrated towards the end of the first day of the workshop by Mr. Kuldeep Gupta another resource person of the program.