LUCKNOW, Jan. 8 -- The secondary education department has decided to expand the STEM programme, currently operational in government secondary schools from 2023-24, to all government-aided and self-financed secondary schools from the 2025-26 academic year. The expansion is being carried out under Samagra Shiksha (Secondary), said Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma, additional chief secretary for basic and secondary education.

"The programme was launched for students of government secondary schools with the aim of ensuring quality academic enrichment in Mathematics and Science. Its core objective is to provide Mathematics and Science teachers with additional academic support and teaching-learning materials, encouraging more effective, innovative, an...