Haryana introduces solar education kit in schools

Haryana Power and Renewable Energy Minister Mahender Partap Singh said that solar education kits had been introduced in schools to create awareness and to educate students about the application of renewable energy.

He added Haryana was the first state in the country to introduce solar education kits in senior secondary schools of the state.

Mahender Partap Singh said that a solar education kit which consisted of a mini fan, LED lamp, solar radio, solar toy car, door bell, house name plate, traffic light signals, road stud, solar pump, solar isolation meter, thermometer, solar panel and display of cell current, voltage and ambient temperature in a box was a very informative tool.

The minister said that in the first phase, 2,000 senior secondary schools from 13 districts of the state, namely Bhiwani, Sirsa, Panipat, Karnal, Kaithal, Rewari, Rohtak, Jind, Jhajjar, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Ambala and Panchkula had been covered at a cost of Rs 80 lakh.

The cost was equally borne by the state and Centre.

Sumita Misra, Director, Renewable Energy Department said the Education Kits would be used in science labs to educate students about solar photovoltaic technology and its uses.

She added the department had also asked the Centre to release its 50 per cent share of the Rs 20 lakh for the second phase inorder to provide Solar Education Kits to the remaining 1000 senior secondary schools of the seven districts of Hisar, Kurukshetra, Palwal, Faridabad, Narnaul, Sonipat and Yamuna Nagar which will be covered in the next three months.