Science Centre, Kuppam
• A 172-acre state-of-the-art science education hub in Gudivanka, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, equipped with separate labs for physics, chemistry, robotics, maths, ecology, biology experiments and demonstrations is operational. The Kuppam campus also includes an arts centre, illusion rooms, medicinal gardens, playground and a 15,000 sq.ft Discovery Centre with jumbo size interactive science models
• Six days per week, 500 children and 40 teachers of government schools in neighbouring villages are bussed into the science centre to conduct hands-on experiments in the centre’s 13 science labs with the aid and advice of 35 teacher-instructors
Mini-science centres
• 28 mini-science centres have been established in 20 districts of Karnataka
• Every day, 100 children from schools in each district are bussed into these satellite science centres to conduct experiments and undertake project assignments
Science on wheels (mobile labs)
• 61 mobile science vans in ten states including Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, visit remote villages
• Each van, fitted with lab equipment and models (including the solar system), LCD, DVD player and UPS, dispenses science lessons and conducts live experiments and demonstrations for children
Young Instructor Leader programme
• Thus far, 3,361 YILs have been selected, trained and mentored from among rural government school students and lead children’s study groups under the peer-to-peer teaching-learning model
• Eight YILs have won awards at Intel’s annual IRIS all-India science compet-itions since 2008
Teacher training
• A specially equipped Creative Centre for Teaching on the Kuppam campus provides counselling services and advice to 40 government school teachers when they accompany students on daily visits to the campus
• Thus far 159,413 government school teachers have received counselling under Agastya’s day-visits programme
Science fairs
• During the past 13 years, nine mega science fairs have been staged in Hubli, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai, attracting over 141,000 children, teachers and other visitors
• 452 mini-science fairs have been convened in 36 districts which have attracted 200,000 students
Camps @ campus programme
• Introduced last year, this residential science camp programme (1-30 days duration) has attracted 1,748 students from 30 private schools (including Rishi Valley, Chittoor, Shishuvan, Mumbai, Mallya Aditi International, National Public School, Brigade School, Bangalore) to Agastya’s Science Centre in Kuppam