2. 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 …
3. 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.
4. 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
5. 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
6. Role-players are there to play the
roles
Now this is the time to understand
the responsibilities and to act
accordingly
7. The Structure
NCSTC-Network RVPSP or NCSTC
State Coordinating Agency
SOC & SAC
St Coordinator & St Ac. Coordinator
DOC & DAC
Dist Coordr & Dist Ac coordr
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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.
11. 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
12. Roles – State Coordinators and
State Academic Coordinators
Both 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.
13. Roles
State Coordinator St. Academic Coordinator
• Organisational Planning • Preparation of information
• Resource generation brochure in local languages
• Organising workshops, • Preparation of activity guide in
training, etc. local language
• Coordinating with schools, • Identification of MRPs
institutions • Conducting state level
• Networking workshop
• Publicity • Identification and orientation of
• Processing for printing state level evaluators
• Quantitative increase of • Evaluation of CSC projects
participants • Conducting project
• Coordination with District improvement sessions
Coordinators • Coordination with District
Academic Coordinators
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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.
19. 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
20. 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
21. Performance of the Eastern States at
the National Level
Grades A+ A B+ B C+ C
States Total
Nos %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
22. Let us work together to make NCSC more
vibrant and academically healthier
Thank You
