The state authorities has accepted Rs21 crore to develop science and know-how labs at six centres which come beneath the National Council of Science Museum and Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission.

The centres are positioned at Satara, Amravati, Kolhapur, Ahmednagar, Pune and Ratnagiri. All of those centres are termed Science and Innovation Activity Centres (SIAC).

In the labs, college students of Class 5 to Class 12 might be taught web of issues (IOT), robotics, engineering, agricultural know-how, synthetic intelligence, digital actuality, augmented actuality, 3D projections and sphere mapping.

As per officers, Rs3 crore might be used at every centre for the establishing of {hardware} and software program for the lab and Rs50 lakh at every for coaching lecturers.

State officers have requested centres to observe the rules of Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission earlier than buying software program and {hardware}. All the centres should ship month-to-month reviews of improvement to the fee.

Centres throughout Maharashtra

Rayat Education Institution, Satara

Shri Shivaji Education Institution, Amravati

Warana Division Education Circle, Warnanagar, Kolhapur

Pravara Rural Education Society, Pravanagar, Ahmednagar

Agriculture Development Trust, Baramati, Pune

Devrukh Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Devrukh, Ratnagiri