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The Kerala State Education Department will ensure that India’s maiden moon venture does not remain confined to the scientific realm. The Chandrayaan I Mission, which catapulted India into an elite league of space faring nations, will be introduced as a 'special project’ in Kerala schools, Education Minister M.A. Baby said on Thursday (11th December).
Addressing a public reception given to the Chandrayaan team by the State Government, he said that the Chandrayaan I mission marked the culmination of efforts taken by several generations of ISRO scientists.
Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, who inaugurated the public reception, said that ISRO scientists should strive to fill the gaps of our knowledge of the moon. Project like the Chandrayaan, he said, becomes a real success only when the benefits which accrue from it trickle down to the common man.
In his reply address, ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair said that the space agency will provide all support to the Education Department’s plans to introduce India’s moon adventure in schools. He said visits to ISRO units for select groups of students will be organised.
