K’taka govt school to become 1st in country to develop a satellite

Bengaluru: The government boys high school located in Stone Building College in Malleshwaram, will become the first government high school in the country to develop a satellite, said Karnataka deputy chief minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan on Thursday

Bengaluru: The government boys high school located in Stone Building College in Malleshwaram, will become the first government high school in the country to develop a satellite, said Karnataka deputy chief minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan on Thursday.

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The students of the school will be involved in a programme of developing 75 satellites as part of the 75th Independence Day celebrations which will be held next year, Narayana said in a statement.

“Usually, engineering college students are involved in such projects. Now, this is going to be achieved in a government high school by taking the help of the Indian Technological Congress Association and ISRO,” read a statement from Narayana’s office.

Designing and making of the satellite will be done at the school by involving students of a few other government schools, he added.

“In recent days there is an increase in enrolment in some government schools. But, more than the numbers, the quality of teaching-learning is more important. Government educational institutions should compete with private institutions in terms of providing quality education,” Narayana said in his statement.