Make science concepts simple while retaining their essence, says scientist

National Education Policy gives preference to teaching in mother tongue: Kotresh

While making it simple for people to understand science concepts in Kannada, care should be taken that explanation is not too simplistic to remove the essence of those concepts, said Director of DRDO Defence Bio Engineering and Electro Medical Laboratory T.M. Kotresh on Wednesday.

In his virtual inaugural address of the three-day Kannada Vijnana Sammelan organised by the Karnataka chapter of the Swadeshi Vijnana Andolana at Mangalore University, Mr. Kotresh said that books on science concepts written in Kannada and local languages should make people understand concepts in a better way.

With the new National Education Policy giving preference to teaching in mother tongue, Mr. Kotresh said, more people will be encouraged to come up with books on science concepts in Kannada. A good beginning has been made in the three-day conference wherein nearly 200 research papers on health and other aspects of science have been submitted, he said.