International science fair begins in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 29

A three-day international science fair involving hundreds of school children from India, Thailand and the US began here Monday, officials said.

The festival is being organised under the 'GLOBE program' by the Indian Environment Society (IES) and is being sponsored by the American Center, the public affairs section of the US embassy.

The 'GLOBE program' is a worldwide community of students, teachers and citizens working together to improve earth's environment at local, regional and global scales. It was designed by former American Vice President Al Gore.

"During the fair students and faculty from different backgrounds will come together and discuss issues related to science, environment, technology etc." Donald Maynard, cultural affairs officer, north India programmes at the American Center, told IANS.

"The idea is to provide a common platform to the youth who have the vision to change things around them with the help of science," he added.

The fair will see presentations, cultural programmes, exhibitions and street plays, related to environmental issues.

The 'GLOBE program' is present in 112 countries worldwide including 58,000 trained teachers and 1.5 million students.

According to Desh Bandhu, president of IES and director of GLOBE Regional Office Asia-Pacific, around 2,000 Indian schools are associated with the 'GLOBE program'.

The teachers are trained for a period of three to five days by the IES on a particular subject related to environment. The teachers then train students in their respective schools with the US embassy providing all the required tools.

Source: http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a337167.html

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