BIS launches programme for science teachers on learning science via standards
Forty-seven science teachers from government schools and colleges located in Dindigul, Kanniyakumar, Madurai, Perambalur, Sivaganga, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar districts participate in the programme.
S.D. Dayanad, Senior Director and Head, BIS — Madurai, during his welcome address, highlighted the significance of the initiative, which included 52 curated lesson plans.
He also encouraged the teachers to integrate the plans into their curriculum, fostering a scientific approach to help students understand concepts of scientific principles in a simple manner.
A. Arivazhagan, Joint Director, BIS — Madurai, shred insights on BIS activities, covering standardisation, certification schemes and testing.
The first day of the training covered a range of topics, including the core activities of the BIS, features of the BIS Care App, collaboration with academia, genesis and functions of BIS Standard Clubs, and the crucial role of science teachers in promoting quality and standards.
As the second day of the training would commence with field visit. The participants of the workshop event would be divided into groups and assigned tasks of identifying and presenting scientific laws and principles related to everyday products, such as plastic feeding bottles, plain copier paper, iodized salt, high density polyethylene (HDPE) polypropylene woven sack, potable water bottles, wrought aluminium and earthenware crockeryware.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Time of India
03-07-2025
- Time of India
GU looks to integrate northeastern languages into digital ecosystems
Guwahati: Regional languages of the northeast are all set to get integrated into a modern digital ecosystems at Gauhati University. The initiative aims to enable computers to process and understand these languages through parts of speech (PoS) tagging that involves assigning grammatical labels, such as nouns, verbs, or adjectives to words. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now To make these regional languages suitable for digital processing, the university's Information Technology (IT) department collaborated with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). A three-day-long national workshop on PoS tagsets for northeastern languages, organised by the IT department in collaboration with the university's Centre for Research and Development in Digital and Endangered Local Languages (CRD-DELL), was inaugurated on Thursday by state eductaion minister Ranoj Pegu. "From counting on fingers to digitalising everything, we've moved from ancient practices to a digital era, embracing AI and technology for a transformative future," Pegu said at the event. "We're proud to organise this workshop, which will help preserve and promote our region's rich languages through technology, ensuring they thrive in the digital age," Vice chancellor Nani Gopal Mahanta said. "This workshop marks the culmination of a nationally significant effort for northeastern languages and seeks to finalise PoS tagsets, which are basically sets of grammatical categories for 12 languages of the region — Assamese, Bodo, Manipuri, Khasi, Garo, Mizo, Rabha, Karbi and others — thus ensuring their proper representation in AI, the digital world, and Natural Language Processing frameworks," said Shikhar Kumar Sarma, dean of the university's faculty of technology. According to Sarma, the main objective is to make these languages more suitable for digital processing as they have unique grammatical characteristics. This PoS tagging process can help develop efficient multilingual software, digital archives and chatbots, using northeastern languages.
Deccan Herald
19-06-2025
- Deccan Herald
Over 91% of toys tested by BIS found compliant with quality norms
The BIS has developed and published Indian Standards for toys that encompass physical, chemical, and electrical safety requirements.
The Hindu
18-06-2025
- The Hindu
BIS launches programme for science teachers on learning science via standards
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) — Madurai, on Wednesday, launched a two-days residential training programme on 'Learning science via standards,' for science teachers of BIS Standard Clubs. Forty-seven science teachers from government schools and colleges located in Dindigul, Kanniyakumar, Madurai, Perambalur, Sivaganga, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar districts participate in the programme. S.D. Dayanad, Senior Director and Head, BIS — Madurai, during his welcome address, highlighted the significance of the initiative, which included 52 curated lesson plans. He also encouraged the teachers to integrate the plans into their curriculum, fostering a scientific approach to help students understand concepts of scientific principles in a simple manner. A. Arivazhagan, Joint Director, BIS — Madurai, shred insights on BIS activities, covering standardisation, certification schemes and testing. The first day of the training covered a range of topics, including the core activities of the BIS, features of the BIS Care App, collaboration with academia, genesis and functions of BIS Standard Clubs, and the crucial role of science teachers in promoting quality and standards. As the second day of the training would commence with field visit. The participants of the workshop event would be divided into groups and assigned tasks of identifying and presenting scientific laws and principles related to everyday products, such as plastic feeding bottles, plain copier paper, iodized salt, high density polyethylene (HDPE) polypropylene woven sack, potable water bottles, wrought aluminium and earthenware crockeryware.
