MEBO, 26 Sep: The block resource centre coordinator (BRCC) here in East Siang district conducted the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA) secondary school-level programme, featuring a series of academic and science-oriented activities, including a quiz, science exhibition and science congress, for students of Class 9 to 12 at the GHSS here on 26 September.

The science congress was organised around the theme 'Climate change and its impact on Himalayan biodiversity'.

Addressing the participants, Mebo BRCC Genom Yirang emphasised the importance of the RAA in nurturing curiosity, scientific thinking, creativity, and a spirit of innovation among school students. He said that programmes such as RAA provide students with opportunities to move beyond conventional classroom learning through experimentation, observation, inquiry, model-building and healthy academic competition.

He further said that such programmes help develop problem-solving abilities, confidence, creativity, critical thinking and an enquiring attitude, while connecting academic knowledge with real-life situations.

Ngopok CRCC Migom Damin encouraged the students to actively participate in the RAA, stating that such platforms are very beneficial for improving scientific thinking skills.

Damin said that the RAA aims to inculcate a spirit of enquiry, creativity and love for science and mathematics in school children through observation, experimentation, model-building and rational reasoning, and promotes scientific temperament and experiential learning among students.

The competitions were evaluated by a panel of judges appointed through the office of the BRCC, Mebo.