Students asked to register for national science talent search

Warangal: Vignana Bharati (VIBHA), a movement for science, is organising Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM), national science talent search across India on November 26, 2017. For the first time, around five lakh students will be undertaking a competitive exam through mobile phones at nearly 5,000 centres spread across the country. The VVM will be multi-level competition and the students can register with their respective schools, informed science communicator V Gurunadha Rao.

Main objective of the test is to select students with scientific temperament from class VI to XI. Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous organisation under department of science and technology and National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) joined hands in organising this competition.

The schools will have to sign up for the registration by assigning a person-in- charge to coordinate the examination. The school login ID will be created and schools can register as many students as they may like to until September 20, the last day of registration, Gurunatha Rao said.

The examination will be conducted in two sections, junior classes (VI- VIII) and senior classes (IX-XI). The participants will undergo multi-level competition right from school-level to district, state and finally at national-level. At state and national-level, the skill test for creative writing, experimental skill, presentation, leadership qualities, creative thinking and innovative learning will be conducted, he said.

Top three rankers per class will be selected as state-level winners. They will be given certificate and memento, apart from the cash rewards. The national-level winners will get a chance to undertake study tours and opportunity to interact with renowned scientists both from our country as well as abroad.

Registered students can also appear in series of mock examinations from October 1 to November 20. For details, participants are advised to visit the VVM website, Gurunatha Rao added.