BANGALORE: In a move to nurture talent, enhance curiosity and upgrade the level of education, the JSS Foundation for Science and Society has now come up with study material for math and science subjects for rural high school children.The study material that was released on Thursday, is a part of the pilot project undertaken by the foundation and contains video and digital content modules.“The project mainly aims at developing digital content modules and video episodes in science and mathematics for the benefit of rural high school students and teachers. It has been sponsored by the office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India, through a funding of Rs 1.5 crore that has been sanctioned. Further, JSS Mahavidyapeetha has supported the project through infrastructural facilities to the tune of about Rs 50 lakh,” said the module coordinators from JSS foundation.Shivaratri Deshikendra Swamiji from Suttur math, Principal Scientific Advisor R Chidambaram, Chief Secretary for Primary and Middle School Education Kumar Naik and Former Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University Professor M I Savadatti inaugurated the study material.“The content modules will have acclaimed scientists and well known senior professors who would be directly involved. The content also suits the revised high school syllabus and is digitised to enhance understanding of the subject matter. It provides detailed definitions and illustrations with hyperlinks, providing information about the scientists and content. Learning would become much more easier through graphics, animations and illustrations that are provided,” they explained.
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