" LABORATORY PROJECT OF RURAL SCHOOLS IN INDIA ".

About the Target Area: The target area falls in Tiruvannamalai District and block of Tamil Nadu, India. The district is the identified the most backward district at national level. The target area is one of the most backward areas of the district. The literacy rate is about 28%. The targeted students are first generation school goers. The village is adjacent to forest and hill area. The target community is ‘ Dalt / Tribal community ’ and their parents are belongs to bonded labors. Background of the Beneficiaries: As we have already said the target students are girls and first generation of school goers. They are studying in the grades of 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th. They have lost almost 18 months of education. Even though the classes were conducted online they cannot afford to buy even an ordinary non-smart phone. So they have lost total education. But they were promoted to higher grades, resulting in lack of capacity to cope with the syllabus due to non learning of some basic concepts. But for joining in any professional courses they have to learn all the basic concepts. Problem Statement : Science is different from any other subject that a student takes up in school. This discipline unlike other courses affects the lives of each and every person in several ways. From the local weather to the food we eat, and from the simple electronic devices that we use in our day to day lives to the complex machines and systems, science is everywhere. Science involves seeing, handling, understanding and manipulating of real objects and materials. High Schools & Higher Secondary Schools must to provide opportunities to their students to learn the various methods and processes through setting up laboratories. The knowledge that one attains in classrooms and through books is ineffectual without understanding and learning the methods and processes behind the same. Students are made to use the various tools and experiment with different techniques to improve their overall science literacy. Laboratories offer students the hands-on experience on the subjects that are taken up for discussion. Conducting experiments, reviewing them closely, developing logical reasoning, and responding to analytical comments, are some of the valuable skills that help in preparing the next generation of scientists, engineers, and medical professionals.

Sustainability  of the project:

• Due to this project the target students will pass through 12^th grade public examinations and get qualified for job or to get financial assistance to become self employed.
• They will not drop out of the schools and child marriage will be reduced.
• As the students are educated the children born to them will get good education.
• There is increased employment of videos, models, educational television programs and internet will create and sustain the interest and motivation of the students and these in turn will facilitate easy learning.
• Active involvement of the poor Parents & Teachers Association in project activities.