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makes the same amount of money
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Have children work in groups to share cost of the activity, for
example, group of four children can make one water rocket to reduce
per head cost. Also encourages team work
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Certain models can be reused to reduce cost
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Teacher training at schools should be given
Astronomy/ Science for under-privileged children:
In case of under-privileged children, workshops cannot be offered even
at a very low cost. Some ideas for achieving this are mentioned below:
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Tie up with corporate companies to perform outreach as a part
of corporate social responsibility
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Tie up with education consultants who already have a network
of schools across the country
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Train teachers of local NGOs who work with under-privileged
children
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Tie up with network of local amateur astronomers. Each amateur
astronomer can approach few schools in their area and do this part time.
However, doing one time workshops to get kids inspired is not enough.
There should be a platform for continued discussion.
Challenges:
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Availability of quality education for higher studies. There are
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