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On science education

KOCHI: Enrolment of students into the science stream is declining in the country, said V.L. Chopra, member of the Planning Commission.

Mr. Chopra was speaking after inaugurating the science day celebrations at S.H. College, Thevara, on Monday.

Science is also not the preferred choice of bright students and there has been an erosion of talents in the science sector, he said.

The government is making attempts to overcome this situation by enhancing budgetary support to the research and development institutions and providing scholarships and career assurance schemes to science students, he said. The celebrations was organised in connection with the Wold Science Day celebrations of UNESCO.

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