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Newspaper clippings about the centre’s work, each with an English summary, and the centre’s printed aims document.

Newspaper clippings

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કલાનિકેતન લોકવિજ્ઞાન કેન્દ્ર, વ્યારા દ્વારા જીલ્લા કક્ષાની નેશનલ સાયન્સ સેમીનાર-૨૦૧૭ની ઉજવણી

Kalaniketan Lok Vigyan Kendra, Vyara holds the district-level National Science Seminar 2017

Held at P.P. Savani Vidyamandir under GUJCOST guidelines, on the role of science and technology in the Swachh Bharat (cleanliness) mission.
Secondary schools from across the district took part, with students, guide teachers and judges present.
The first and second place winners received prizes of ₹501 and ₹301 from Director Ketan Shah, and were sent on to the state-level round at Science City, Ahmedabad.
Every participant received a certificate. Science Pracharak Jyotiben Solanki conducted the programme.

કલાનિકેતન જિલ્લા લોક વિજ્ઞાન કેન્દ્ર તાપી દ્વારા રૂરલ આઈ.ટી. ક્વીઝ સ્પર્ધા યોજાઈ

Kalaniketan District Lok Vigyan Kendra, Tapi holds the Rural IT Quiz

The first programme after GUJCOST, Gandhinagar approved Kalaniketan Trust as Tapi district’s Lok Vigyan Kendra, held at the centre on Haripura Street, Vyara.
30 of the district’s 113 secondary schools took part. An elimination test picked the five highest-scoring teams.
Winners: two teams from Eklavya Model School, two from Vibrant Science School, Vyara, and one from Vidyakunj Vidyalaya, Virpur. All five go on to GUJCOST’s state-level IT quiz.
The centre also announced a Children’s Science Congress round, with five-minute project talks on useful work for society.

કલા નિકેતન લોક વિજ્ઞાન કેન્દ્ર વ્યારાની કામગીરીઓનો ચિતાર

A year of work at Kala Niketan Lok Vigyan Kendra, Vyara

On AIDS Day, 200 children from science-club schools were taken by bus to the Civil Hospital, briefed on AIDS and given health kits.
Science experiments in schools across the tribal belt to counter superstition.
On World Environment Day the centre adopted Chikhli village, planted 81 trees and handed over their care to the villagers.
Six teams reached the state level in competitions held under GUJCOST circulars.
On National Technology Day, 61 young people of the area were guided on modern technology.
On World Biodiversity Day, 20 science teachers met at Kapura school.
Science Day, Earth Day, Forest Day, Women’s Day, Space Day, Water Day and World Health Day were each marked with a programme, along with seminars to prepare students for board exams.

The centre’s aims document

લોકવિજ્ઞાન કેન્દ્રનાં ઉદ્દેશો

Three parts of the printed document listing the centre’s sixteen aims.

Read the aims in Gujarati and English

Aims document, part 1 of 3 — Part 1 of 3: aims 1 to 5

Aims document, part 2 of 3 — Part 2 of 3: aims 5 to 12

Aims document, part 3 of 3 — Part 3 of 3: aims 11 to 16

Cover of the NCSC Activity Guidebook 2022 and 2023

National Children’s Science Congress 2022–23

The centre guides school teams from Tapi district through the National Children’s Science Congress. Child scientists aged 10 to 17 work on a project under this cycle’s focal theme:

Understanding Ecosystem for Health and Well-being

Know your ecosystem
Fostering health, nutrition and well-being
Social and cultural practices for ecosystem and health
Ecosystem-based approach for self-reliance
Technological innovation for ecosystem and health

Open the guidebook Download PDF, 5 MB

Activity Guidebook 2022 & 2023, 163 pages. Published by the National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC), Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.