Union Education Minister Prahlad Joshi on Tuesday inaugurated the CBSE Experience Center at the CBSE Integrated Complex in Dwarka, New Delhi. The aim of this center is to take students beyond book studies and give them an opportunity to learn through experience. Here students can learn about the history of education in India, new technologies and various career options in the future.

A total of 12 zones and 21 exhibitions have been set up at the CBSE Experience Centre. Here students will be able to participate in various activities through RFID based smart cards. Along with this, they will also see information regarding their activities and game-based leaderboards.

Journey from Gurukul to Digital Classroom

A film titled ‘Shiksha Ki Kahani’ will be screened at the centre, which shows the development of India’s education system. It traces the journey from Gurukul tradition, ancient learning centers like Nalanda to modern schools and digital classrooms. Apart from this, the story of the development of CBSE is also told through historical photographs and documents. Here, an interactive geological timeline is also created to understand the millions of years of Earth’s history.

Students will understand career options

The center has interactive exhibits like ‘Career Explorer’, ‘Future of Professions’ and ‘Magic Mirror: Future You’. Through this, students will understand the various career options and the changing nature of employment in the future. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar and Dr. Holographic experiences of personalities like APJ Abdul Kalam will also be available here.

Apart from this, a special kiosk based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s book ‘Exam Warriors’ has been made. In which students will be given a message to deal with exam stress, build confidence and develop positive thinking.

An experience from the jungle to the Himalayas

In the last part of the centre, ‘Eduverse’, students will experience journeys to jungles, oceans, Himalayas, the moon and other planets through motion-based technology and various sensory experiences. It will explain the interconnectedness between nature and environment.

Emphasis on understanding rather than memorization : Prahlad Joshi

During the inauguration, Education Minister Prahlad Joshi said that the education system should give importance to students’ interest, ability and learning style instead of focusing only on exam marks. He said that students should understand scientific concepts not only through reading, but through experiments and real experiences.

The Minister said that the CBSE Experience Center is an initiative under the National Education Policy 2020 to promote experiential and inclusive education. He said that 10 thousand Atal tinkering labs are already running across the country and the government has decided to set up 50 thousand additional labs.

He said that it is important to develop curiosity, creativity and self-confidence among students, so that they can contribute towards achieving the goal of a developed India by 2047.