CBSE Notification: Last Date Extended to Register for the CBSE Science Exhibition 2023-24: Read Here!

This is a notification about the extension of the last date to register for the CBSE Science Exhibition 2023-24. Read here!

Notice

This is to inform you that the last date for online registration for the CBSE Science Exhibition 2023-24 has been extended to November 6, 2023, and the date for payment confirmation from the bank is November 9, 2023.

The Central Board of Secondary Education has been taking many initiatives to generate curiosity and develop scientific attitudes amongst learners and to encourage learners to create, innovate, and also to become more responsible.

The organization of the CBSE Science Exhibition is one such initiative. The activity aims to provide a platform for students to demonstrate the construction of knowledge by connecting new ideas to existing concepts.

The CBSE Science Exhibition for the academic session 2023-24 will be organized at the Regional and then National Levels in the months of October 2023 – January 2024.

Theme and Sub-Themes

The Theme and Sub-Themes for the Science Exhibition for 2023-24 are:

• Health
• LIFE (Lifestyle for Environment)
• Agriculture
• Communication and Transport
• Computational Thinking

The Board invites students of affiliated schools (classes 6 to 11) to prepare research-based science projects or exhibits that are original on any of the above listed sub-themes of the main theme Science and Technology for Society. The students may register to submit and showcase their projects, with the help of their schools.

Guidelines for Participation

• All schools willing to participate need to register online, remit the fee and submit the project/exhibit between October 10 to 30, 2023 here. The last date for registration is October 30, 2023, and for payment confirmation from the bank is October 31, 2023.
• The schools would first be required to select an option as to whether they are an Indian School or Foreign School.
• The registration fee as per the details given below must be submitted online payment gateway.
• The students may participate in any of the 02 categories: Category I: Classes 6-8; and Category II: Classes 9-11.
• A registering School Team will be represented by: a maximum of two students of the same category; and one mentor Science teacher, a participating school can register a maximum of two teams.
• The names of the students and the mentor teacher, once registered, will not be changed at any stage of the exhibition. The school team participating at Regional and The National Levels must remain the same.
• The sub-theme once selected cannot be changed. Similarly, the title of the Project cannot be changed.
• Each registered team would be provided a unique login credential on the CBSE Science Exhibition portal for online submission of the project.
• The student/ team project may be an investigation-based study, application of basic principles of Science and Technology, or a novel solution/indigenous design to a problem/challenge.
• Students and mentor teachers may visit the website for more resources related to the CBSE Science Exhibition.
• Care should be taken to use eco-friendly materials in the preparation of exhibits.
• Though the portal would accept the registration and submission of projects till the last day i.e. October 30, 2023, however, to avoid the last days rush, the schools are advised to register and pay the fee within 12 days of the issuance of this circular and submit the project/exhibit by the last date i.e. October 30, 2023.
• The teams would be required to submit the details of their respective projects (title, description, list of materials used, images, video) on the portal using their unique login credentials within the time frame for submission (October 30, 2023).
• The screening of the entries would be done before the regional/national level exhibitions.
• The regional stage of the exhibition will be held at different venues across the country. The
• information regarding the venues will be notified (on CBSE website) and
• communicated to individual schools on their email ids.
• The participating school/team would bear all expenses related to participation in the
  event.
• The participating teams would make their own lodging/boarding arrangements at the
  venue city of the exhibition.

Assessment Criteria

• Creativity and imagination: 20%
• Originality and innovativeness: 15%
• Scientific thought/principle/approach: 15%
• Technical skills, workmanship, craftsmanship, etc.: 15%
• Educational value, scalability and utility for society in future: 15%

For more information, please visit the website.

Contact

For any queries, you may contact at tel. no. 011-23238361 or email at science[dot]fair[at]cbseshiksha[dot]in.

All the Heads of Schools are requested to encourage the participation of students in the CBSE Science Exhibition 2023-24.

Click here to read the official notification of the CBSE Notification: Last Date Extended to Register for the CBSE Science Exhibition 2023-24.