NCSC - BIHAR  STATE

 

A  BRIEF   REPORT :

 

 

The  State Organising committee  of  Bihar State was formed  for the first time  in 1993 after  successful  culmination of a unique  programme of Science Communbication called “ BHARAT  JAN  VIGYAN  JATHA-1992”

 

The SOC- Bihar  mainly  comprises of  scientists based in  Univ. College  /School Teachers and representatives  from state  governmental bodies connected to science education , environment & Forests , research & Development  organizations.

 

STRENGTH:

• Regular  activities guided by district and  state  committees;
• Good  rapport with teachers/educational officials and  district administration.
• Univ. College teachers/researchers spare  their  time for NCSC/ Science Communication-programmes.
• About 80% participation by Govt. Schools.(thus  large no .of Participants  from rural sector) About 50% participation from Rural  area Schools/Instt.

           Support groups  for  software  production/writers/translators/editors designers available.

• Skilled  Manpower  in different  areas e.g.  Vermicomposting, Nanotechnology, Nature  study  camps/Solar Physics/ Lasers/Hydroponics/Earth system  sciences/Biotechnologies Available with the coordinating agency.
• Good  rapport with  state  agencies  like  State  Council of Sc. &

          Technology(BCST)And  State  Council of Educational Research  And

          Training(SCERT), Govt .of Bihar

          The  whole  effort is voluntary  in Nature ,thereby generating trust from the 

          Community

          Strict  adherance to rules  and  regulation of the NCSC process thus  generating

           credibility.

 

              

 

Weakness :

 

• Lack of Office  infrastructure  and  full time office  staff. As  the  contingency  and  overhead  grants  are not available.
• NCSC- Expenses  is roughly  2-times  the sanctioned  grants by RVPSP-DST
• Insufficient  communication/training  materials e.g Posters/Folders?activity guide  etc.
• Teachers  training  module  at district  level is  not up to mark.
• 10% of the districts  have to raise themselves to higher level of reach  and  quality..
• As the educational infrastructure in govt/private  schools  is   not up to the mark the  quality of projects can not be improved  much.
• As  the functionaries are govt. servants  many a time the  Duty on Leave is  not  available to them.
• We  have  to  find   good/active  group  in three  districts  of  Bihar.

 

OPPORTUNITIES:

 

            *  The  activities  being  conducted  has  prepared  ground  work  and  base  for  future  programmes  for  generating  scientific  temper  among   masses.

The  students  can  grow into  young  experimenter, learning  the  method  of  science .

 

            *   We  need  a  sustainable  calendar of  activities and  support  system  for  developing  in this  direction.

            *     Though  we  conduct  a  good  no. of activities alongwith  NCSC , but  inter –programmatic  linkages  have  to be  built  in  to  derive  maximum benefit.

            *   This  programme  has  provided  foothold  to  many  other National/International events being  conducted  in the  country(like  Earth Day, UPE, YSA-04  etc.)

            *    We  need  our  programmatic  content to focus  on people  centric approach, otherwise  we may  be  doing  things only  mechanically.

            *   Now  our  district  committees  are  virtually  linked  to  all science/tech. Related  activities being  conducted locally. This  provides  a  larger  platform to us.

 

 

THREAT:

 

• As  our  organizational  structure  is  growing , larger  no. of teachers  resource  persons  are  being  involved.There  is  threat  of  undemocratic handling  of  organizational events.
• There  is  a threat  of  the  NCSC  being  conducted as a ritual  at  different  levels losing  the  focus  or  content  of  the  programme.
• There  is a threat  of  going  in the  direction  of  urbanized  activities  losing  the  contact  with  70 %  of  the  populace(rural  sector).
•  In  the  name  of  quality ,there  is  a threat  of  this participative  programme being  turned  into  a  talent-search/Olympiad type  race  among high profile  urban centers/schools.Thus  loosing  the  linkage  with  Community-needs and  local  area  intervention.
• As  the  supporting  organizations are  going  in  more  for a competition type  of  event/activities the  innovations  may  be  loosing ground.