Mumbai, Sep 22 (PTI) The Maharashtra government plans to send 51 students every year to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States, Minister of State for School Education Pankaj Bhoyar said on Thursday.
As per the proposal, students with the top 21 projects from tehsil-level competitions will visit a science centre in their division, those with the top 51 projects from district-level competitions will get a trip to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) headquarters in Bengaluru, while 51 state-level finalists will be taken to NASA under the 'Chief Minister Vidyarthi Vigyan Vari' scheme.
"The school education department holds science project competitions at tehsil, district and state levels. We give prizes to the winners, but the students who do not win