A group of 50 students from rural Zilla Parishad schools in Pune district embarked Tuesday on an educational study tour to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The tour is organised under the District Planning Fund exclusively for students of classes 6 and 7 from Zilla Parishad primary schools.

Over 17,000 students had applied for the opportunity. Following three stages of selection tests, top-performing students were chosen for various educational tours.

The most notable tour will be that of contingent of 25 members to Nasa in the US, with dates yet to be determined. In other such tours, 50 students will be taken to Delhi , and 10 others to Mumbai for similar educational exposure.

The ISRO visit is scheduled until October 9, covering

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