KOHIMA, JULY 31 (MExN): The Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE), on July 31, notified all the Heads of Institutions on INSPIRE-MANAK Scheme, a flagship program jointly implemented by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), and National Innovation Foundation (NIF) India, with a basic objective to instill creative or innovative thinking among school students in the age group of 10-15 years and studying in class 6-10.
According to a DIPR report, the MANAK Scheme envisages to target one million original or innovative ideas from students studying in more than five lakh middle, and high schools across the country. The best ideas having potential to cater to societal needs and applications are selected for an INSPIRE Award, thereby motivating these students to take these ideas forward for prototype and product development.
It further informed that the registered schools under the INSPIRE- MANAK Scheme, in each financial year, can nominate five best ideas from their schools through online mode, in E Management of INSPIRE-MANAK Scheme (E-MIAS) web portal (www.inspireawards-dst.gov.in).
The online nominations for 2024-25, have already started from 1st July, 2024 and the schools will be able to submit their online nominations till 15th September, 2024. Therefore, all registered schools are requested to take necessary action.
