IIT Guwahati and Assam Government Implemented Arohan Scheme to Inspire STEM Education

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati and the Government of Assam have successfully hosted the flagship Arohan scheme in line with the National Education Policy (NEP). The program was organized to encourage students to take STEM fields in their advanced studies. 

As per IIT Guwahati, the Arohan scheme held under Samagra Shiksha Assam welcomed 3311 students in 12 batches including 2009 girls and 1302 boys along with several hundred mentor teachers and inspired them to explore their interest in STEM education.

The program recorded the participation of students from 29 districts of Assam including Nagaon, Hojai, Udalguri, Darrang, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Jorhat, Dima Hasao, Baksa, W.K. Anglong, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Hailakandi, SS Mankachar, Barpeta, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Cachar, Kamrup(M), Nalbari, Morigaon, Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Karbi Anglong, Tinsukia, Chirang and Dhubri.

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About Arohan Scheme

Arohan Scheme is a Mentor-Mentee program aimed at secondary school students in Government schools. This initiative is sponsored by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Assam and managed by Samagra Shiksha Assam.

This flagship program includes a variety of activities such as mentorship, exposure trips, contests, and targeted interactions which aim to provide support and encouragement for the career progress of government school students from 9th to 12th grade.

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Speaking on this occasion, Prof. Parameswar K. Iyer, Dean, Public Relations Branding and Ranking, IIT Guwahati, said, “This Arohan program conceived by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam was entrusted to IIT Guwahati as a fully residential program for the meritorious students from remotest places of Assam to be hosted at IIT Guwahati, so that exposure to world-class facilities, interactions with brightest students and visits to state-of-the-art laboratories and academics can be provided to these students”.

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