LUCKNOW, Jan. 24 -- Thousands of students in rural Mahoba will soon learn about space and robotics as ISRO's Space Applications Centre (SAC) is now in the advanced stages of establishing labs in 40 government-run primary and upper primary schools, district magistrate Gazal Bharadwaj said.

Ahmedabad-based SAC is setting up the robotics and space labs as part of its "Village Vaigyanik Karyakram".

Mahoba will become the first district in the state to have 40 ISRO labs, the DM noted.

"The ISRO space and robotic labs are in the advanced stages of completion. We plan to open all these labs either by this month's end or early next month. To be set up at a cost of Rs.13 lakh each, these labs aim to spark curiosity and innovation among students...