Mobile Science Laboratories (MSL) in Assam is an initiative of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) in collaboration with UNICEF and the Assam State Technology and Environment Society.
The mobile lab on wheels has come as a boon to students in rural areas of Assam where schools lack laboratory facilities.
The mobile laboratory was inaugurated by state Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on August 15 in a bid to make the students in rural Assam aware of latest science and technology.
As of now two mobile vans are in operation in Jorhat and Kamrup regions, these will cover the schools in rural areas of Upper Assam.
Rajni Kolita is one of students to benefit from this initiative, she said that she has learnt a lot by doing practical experiments in lab.
“We have been benefited by this science exhibition that has come to our school. While we have learnt a lot of things at school but we haven’t practically experimented them. Through this we have got to know many things practically,” Kolita said.
Another student, Abhijeet Bhuyan also acknowledged that he has benefited from Mobile Laboratary.
“We got to do science practical here and we have learnt them properly. We have been benefited by this,” Bhuyan said.
Meanwhile, Dr. Pranab Jyoti Chetia said that students studying in remotest areas of state will benefit a lot from this.
“Most of the schools in rural areas of the state are lacking in basic laboratory set up. This project is mobile, so it can reach the students belonging to the remote areas of the state,” Chetia said.
After the success of these mobile labs, more such vehicles will soon be launched to facilitate all schools in rural Assam.
—ANI