NCERT has launched Promotion of Research Attitude in Young And Aspiring Students (PRAYAAS) 2024-25. The deadline is August 25, 2024.
The young mind of a learner is full of curiosity and imagination. The innate characteristic of inquisitiveness is important for a learner to understand the concepts better and apply them in real life situations for solving problems. The creative skills of children can be used in developing solutions to the societal challenges. They need to be given an opportunity to address societal problems and also for creating new knowledge domains. National Education Policy 2020 emphasizes on the need to encourage original thinking in the students and make India a global knowledge superpower and generate new avenues of employment. To nurture the young innovative minds, Promotion of Research Attitude in Young And Aspiring Students (PRAYAAS), 2024-25 scheme is planned by the Department of Education in Science and Mathematics (DESM), NCERT for school students.
PRAYAAS 2024-25 invites project proposals for carrying out research/ investigation on an original Scientificidea such as;
The eligibility criteria for participation in this programme are:
For Students
For Teachers
A qualified Post Graduate Teacher (PGT) /Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) or equivalent who is teaching Science/ Physics/ Chemistry/ Mathematics and Biology to classes 9 to 12, are eligible to become a “PRAYAAS” Guide Teacher under the scheme.
For Expert from an HEI/ Technical Institute
Experts from any discipline of science and technology serving in an HEI (listed in Annexure-I (Part A-Sr. No. 4) are eligible to be a PRAYAAS expert.
The Project tenure is for one year from the date of commencement of the project in school to completion. Tentative date of tenure will start from 15 September 2024 to 15 September 2025 for PRAYAAS 2024-25. Heads of Schools and HEIs for the selected projects are expected
to facilitate the project work during the tenure and ensure completion of the project by the end of the tenure. The research work done by the school students will be uploaded on the NCERT web-site.
A grant of total Rs. 50,000/- (Rupee Fifty Thousand only) will be given for each selected research proposal. Out of this amount, Rs. 10,000/- will be provided to the student (Rs. 5,000 each in case of two students) and Rs. 20,000 each will be given to the School and HEI expert as catalytic grant to facilitate the students in conducting the research.
Applications received after the last date will not be considered.
The applicants are required to send their application and project proposal to this email id- prayaasncert[at]gmail[dot]com.
The last date of submission of application is 25 August 2024.
