SHILLONG: The Planning Department, North Garo Hills District, has sent 37 students from different schools of North Garo Hills along with guide teachers and officers from District Planning Office, Resubelpara for the Science Exposure Trip to Kolkata from April 6 to 13.
The main objective of the exposure trip, sponsored by the State Council of Science Technology & Environment, Meghalaya is to provide an opportunity to school children to visit various places of scientific interests outside the state and to expose them to the latest development and achievements in the area of science and technology in the country, to broaden their scientific outlook through interaction with working scientists from different scientific institutions and also to promote the inculcation of scientific temper among school children.
The school children were selected based on their involvement in various activities or events during the block level Science & Environment Fair and the National Children Science Congress Programme.
