Plan to set up science centre for school students on Calicut varsity campus

The University of Calicut will soon have a science centre where school students can come and stay for research work, Vice-Chancellor P. Raveendran has said.

He was opening the International Moon Day celebrations held on the university campus at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district on Monday (July 21). It was organised by the Department of Physics, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, M.S. Swaminathan Chair, Luca science portal and UL Space Club.

Mr. Raveendran said that the doors of the university should be opened for students, who are the society’s future hope. They would be able to visit the observatory, botanical garden, labs, and various departments on the campus and engage in experiments with the help of research guides. There is a plan to build a new planetarium as well. Mr. Raveendran said that the corporate social responsibility funds of various institutions could be made available for the science centre, he added. Over 300 students attended the event.