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Project Rainbow


Science education at school-level in India is strongly oriented towards test
taking. The number and popularity of the "entrance coaching centers" is a testimonial to the ongoing extreme mechanization of test preparation. Science education is reduced to cramming a mass of meaningless facts, and acquiring a skill in manipulating symbols. In addition, the tradition of science popularization is nearly non-existent in India barring the efforts of a few exceptional individuals (for example,
Arvind Gupta ).

Moreover, popular science content is very scarce in India's regional languages which are rich, however, in other forms of literature. Obviously a great deal has to happen to stem this alarming trend and make science learning a living and
happy experience.

Project Rainbow is a small experiment to serve that end. It aims to provide
all science content from primary school to high school,  in the form of games and activities, presented in Indian languages.