MUMBAI: The city’s civic schools could soon send some of their brightest students to Isro and abroad, with city BJP chief Ameet Satam has proposed educational study trips to give meritorious students greater exposure to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
The proposal is aimed at exposing students to advances in STEM and helping them develop skills beyond the classroom. He also referred to the civic body’s plan to inaugurate its first school equipped with an artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics laboratory in Juhu. The proposal was made on the same day as Shinde’s meeting with Bhuse and senior officials, which focused on various initiatives and schemes undertaken by the Education Department and the progress made on them.
Satam has urged BMC chief Ashwini Bhide and mayor Ritu Tawde to select 50 meritorious students each from classes 8 and 9 and arrange study trips to Isro and either Singapore or Japan, respectively. “I would like to propose that BMC select 50 meritorious students each from Classes 8 and 9 and make arrangements for them to undertake study trips to ISRO and Singapore or Japan, respectively. Adequate arrangements should be made to enhance their skills in STEM so that we give the best possible exposure to our talented students,” Satam said.
In his letter to Tawde and Bhide, Satam said the proposed study trips would give BMC’s meritorious students greater exposure and help enhance their STEM skills. He also pointed out that a budgetary provision had been made under the ‘Teach Mumbai’ head, which, he said, could be utilised for the proposed study trips. Shinde said MLAs and MPs should be encouraged to adopt schools in their constituencies and contribute to their development through available funds and local resources.
