"We have to encourage students to develop a  scientific  outlook towards life so that it can be  based on a strong foundation of  logical and discipline.” said  B P  Venkatesh, Deputy Director of State Education  Research and Training department.

He  was speaking after inaugurating the state level science  seminar for  high school students. The seminar  was jointly organised  by the Education  Research and Training department, Visveswaraiah industrial and  technological  museum, Zilla Panchayat and Public education department.

“ To increase the  quality of  education in our country we  need to base the growth on a scientific  methods and this will also ensure that the students will  also be  interested in the  subject.” he opined.

He added that a numerous experiments are being  conducted in the field of academic sciences and because of its far reaching  impact on the world science has a very important role  to play and  shrinks the earth to a global village cutting  across  borders and  blurring  boundaries.

“The development of our  country  depends on the leaps that the field of  science makes, be it the security of India, geography, financial, educational, agricultural, information technology or bio technology streams” said the official and called on the  scientist  community to achieve more in their  respective  field.

More to be done

He added that India had  to  buck up and achieve a lot more advancements if it  wanted to be  clubbed in the  same  category as  the development nations.

“ It is therefore important that the  next generation  develops an aptitude for science and students  need to  nurtured right form  high school to help them  gain the necessary foundation to excel in the  subject: he  said.
Students came from across the  state  to participate in the  science seminar. They put forth their  opinions on  various issues  including drinking water, Global warming, energy resource, agriculture and food, natural disasters, education and technical field.

Lecturers, Karthik and  Sushant from IISc  and Keshavareddy from Bangalore Government Science school were the judges at the  competition.