Vanavil Mandram (Rainbow forum), a unique initiative to foster scientific interest among school students was launched byTamil NaduChief MinisterM K Stalinhere on Monday. It is aimed at promoting interest among the students of standard 6 to 8 to learnScience Technology Engineering and Mathematics(STEM).

The event, attended among others by Ministers K N Nehru, Thangam Thennarasu, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and Tiruchirappalli Mayor M Anpahagan, was inaugurated at the Pappakurichi Government Girls Higher Secondary school, Kattur.

Also, the Chief Minister flagged off 100 mobile science and mathematics laboratories on behalf school Education department to stimulate the scientific temper among students.
They would teach students science experiments and mathematics, on a monthly basis, with proper guidance, and display science tools made by students.

The scheme will be implemented at an estimated cost of Rs 25 crore to benefit 25 lakh government school students.

About 710 STEM facilitators have been selected across Nadu to implement this programme and they will act as mobile science and mathematics experimenters.