Astronomical observatories for schools, school systems and colleges

Abstract

n ancient times, India's leadership inatories aimed at schools and school systems in Delhi, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Mysore and Ajmer. In spite of all the seriousness on the part of the then Head of the Department of Science Education, Dr R. N. Rai for this work, somehow this program could not take off. The need for establishing such observatories which function well has become all the more vital now in 1990's. Schools where the observatories are situated can function as centers of excellence in space science education. These observatories may act as resource centers for students of neighboring schools or of other schools in a school system. Some of these observatories could also undertake programs of training teachers