K'taka: Micro Scale Chemistry lab inaugurated

Mysore, June 7: Southern Regional Micro Scale Chemistry Laboratory, first of its kind in the country, was inaugurated at the Regional Institute of Education (RIE) here today.

Speaking after inauguration RIE Principal G T Bhandage urged the teachers to make use of the facility to conduct experiments using minimum amount of chemical.

Mr H O Gupta of National Council of Education and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, who was also the architect of this new laboratory technique, said that it was an environmentally safe and almost completely pollution free method of performing chemistry experiments.

He said that the new technique had been tried in New Delhi schools successfully. It was student, environment, administrator and teacher friendly. Use of a small amount of chemicals would help reduce the risk of accidents, acid burns and fumes. Laboratory cost would also be reduced as there would be fewer incident of glass breakage and storage space could also be saved. Using this technique all chemistry experiments at the school level from class six to eleven could be performed with ease and confidence.

RIE here is the nodal centre for the Lab which covers entire Southern region.

UNI