๐—”๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ the tripartite MoU signed between, Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasDepartment of School Education,Govt of TN
and India Literacy Project electronic kits were officially distributed on February 14 by inviting Chennai district school teachers at IITM campus.

The ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ of creating the electronics kit is ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€.

The electronics kit imparts knowledge in ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ (๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น /๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€), ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ of interest for micro projects by the students. This kit can be used to conduct ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ+ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€.

Kamakoti Veezhinathan, Director IITM, Kumaragurubaran Jayabalan IAS, Principal Secretary of Education, Sudhan IAS Member Secretary of Namma School Namma Ooru Palli Foundation of Government of TN, Prof. Sarathi Ramanujam, IITM, Dr. Amudha and Dr. Kumaravel IITM Professors were present on the occasion.

India Literacy Project pitched in with its ๐— ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ-๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ (๐— ๐——๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ) ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜ which improves scientific temper in students from grade 5-10 mapped to the National Council of Educational Research and Training ( NCERT ) syllabus.

Also, ILP Facilitators have been trained by IIT-Madras Professors in using the electronics kit and these Facilitators will interface with IITM trained teachers in 38 districts in the usage of both electronics and science kit.

ILP is thankful to the collaborators who have pitched in for science kits. Thank you, USTGuru Krupa Foundation IncFourrtsGendiesel Philippines Incorporated, Sheshadri Padma Memorial Charitable Trust, AV. Sudha, and Vasudevan Guruswamy.