We have completed 17 years of CSC
Yet we are discussing roles & responsibilities
of different role-players!
Why we need to discuss these issues today?!
Is there anything new??
Is there any problem???
Or, any problem in understanding CSC …
All these questions are relevant
We have problems in understanding, because –
we still get models – though less in number
we still make judgment on the basis of skillful presentations
we still believe a CSC project is presentations of some statistics based
on survey, etc, etc.
How many of us know who are the
organisers and supporters at district, state
& national level?
We still have confusions between NCSTC
& NCSTC Network
This is because we have not understood
the system and structure, in true sense
Roles were already there but no defined
responsibilities, till recently
Some Roles are old, some are new with
defined responsibilities – now
These new roles and responsibilities are
to facilitate CSC and to improve quality
and to increase quantity
Role-players are there to play the
roles
Now this is the time to understand
the responsibilities and to act
accordingly
The Structure
NCSTC-Network RVPSP or NCSTC
State Coordinating Agency
SOC & SAC
St Coordinator & St Ac. Coordinator
DOC & DAC
Dist Coordr & Dist Ac coordr
Different elements in CSC –
national to district
Selection of theme
Organisation of National Brainstorming
Workshop for drafting of activity guide
National Orientation Programme for State
level RPs and finalisation of draft activity
guide
Printing & circulation of Activity Guide in
English & Hindi
Production of activity guides and information
materials in local languages by state
Orientation of state level RPs
District level RPs/Teachers/Guides’ training
programme
District level CSC
State Level CSC
National Level CSC
Participation in Indian Science Congress
Responsibilities
State Coordinator
State Coordinating Agency engage a State Coordinator, preferably, in consultation with
other Network members in the state
A State Organising Committee is formed involving all stakeholders – Network member organisations, Concerned Govt. Agencies,
local academic institutions, science activists, etc.
Also to form a State Academic Committee
and to engage one State Academic
Coordinator
State Academic Coordinator must be a
learned scientific person with exposure to
CSC activities, knowledge and experience
on the theme and capability to orient
resource persons and evaluators
Roles – State Coordinators and
State Academic CoordinatorsBoth are integral part of State Organising Committee but
both have defined roles and responsibilities
State Academic Coordinator is the Convenor of the State Academic Committee and this Committee is responsible
for all the academic decisions of CSC in its state, of course with the knowledge of the State Coordinator
Both the Coordinators must act in close coordination. They should supplement each other.
Roles
State Coordinator
• Organisational Planning
• Resource generation
• Organising workshops, training, etc.
• Coordinating with schools, institutions
• Networking
• Publicity
• Processing for printing
• Quantitative increase of participants
• Coordination with District Coordinators
St. Academic Coordinator
• Preparation of information brochure in local languages
• Preparation of activity guide in local language
• Identification of MRPs
• Conducting state level workshop
• Identification and orientation of state level evaluators
• Evaluation of CSC projects
• Conducting project improvement sessions
• Coordination with District Academic Coordinators
SOC should involve following:
*Host Agency
* Member
*Any other Organisation working in science activities
*One representative from Govt. Education Dept.
*Members from chain of Schools like DAV, KV,
*Navodaya, Aurobinda, Shishu mandir, Maharishi, etc.
State Academic Committee Should involve
following:
*University faculty
*College faculty
*Scientist from Research organisations
DOC should involve the following
DOC
District Coordinator
District Coordinating agency, if any
District Education Officials
District Administration
Colleges, Educational institutions
Schools like Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navoday Vidyalaya, etc.
Science activists
DAC
District Academic Coordinator
Members should be from local colleges, university, if any, research institutions, scientific professionals
Selection of Evaluators
- important role for SAC/DAC
It must be done in utmost sincerity. Otherwise all the efforts by the child scientists become fruitless.
An evaluator should be a respectable person with the understanding of child’s state of mind and level of education
An Evaluator should be a Post Graduate in science, an Engineer, a Medical Professional, a Science Educator, a Science
Communicator and a Ex-child scientists, who have represented state with minimum of graduation in scienceat present
The Academic Coordinator should have his/her own conviction that the selected evaluator understands method of science
It is advisable that SAC/DAC maintain a panel of evaluators in state and district, some of which may be changed based on the
theme and performance
Orientation of evaluators
-Another role for SAC/DAC
There must be at least one day-long
orientation of evaluators
Newly nominated evaluators should be
exposed to some presentations by child
scientists
Handbook for evaluators must be strictly
followed
Who should be the RPs?
Resource Persons selected at District for the state level RP training should have knowledge
on the theme
They should be good communicator/trainer because they have to train RPs/guides at
District Level
Similarly RPs send by State Academic Coordinator to the National Orientation should
have ability to independently train RPs at State.
State & District Coordinators
Your role is to enhance the reach
How many schools in a district are being covered?
What is the networking with different groups of school?
Reaching out to non-formal, underprevileged
Arranging necessary resources
Facilitating academic activities
Proper coordination with govt. and non-govt agencies at district and state
Organisation of District/State level CSCs in befitting manner
State/District Coordinators are the main contact points and they are solely responsible for quantitative success of CSC. We are in 17th years, yet our reach is not that satisfactory
State/District Academic Coordinators are responsible for identifying innovative minds, guiding them and facilitating their qualitative uplift. We have seen some kind of stagnation in qualitative uplift in last few years. Therefore we are now having dedicated committee and coordinator for Academic aspects
StatesA+ A B+ B C+ C
TotalNos %age Nos %age Nos %age Nos %age Nos %age Nos %age
And & Nic 1 25% 2 50% 1 25% 4
Bihar 1 3% 14 47% 14 47% 1 3% 30
Chattisgarh 2 13% 8 53% 4 27% 1 7% 15
Jharkhand 1 7% 7 50% 3 21% 3 21% 14
Odisha 1 4% 8 31% 15 58% 2 8% 26
West Bengal 1 3% 3 10% 9 30% 16 53% 1 3% 30
Grand Total 1 1% 5 4% 34 30% 60 52% 11 10% 4 3% 119
Grades
Performance of the Eastern States at
the National Level
Let us work together to make NCSC more
vibrant and academically healthier
Thank You
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