Abstract:
Science holds an eminent place in curriculum both at school and university
levels of education in not only India, but all over the world. Continuous
developments in scientific and technological research have resulted in the
growth and increasing application of scientific knowledge in contemporary
India. As a result, science takes an eminent place in education, both at the
compulsory education level as well as at the levels of specialization.
In the words and vision of Nehru, “Science has brought all these mighty
changes and not all of them have been for the good of humanity. But the most
vital and hopeful of the changes that it has brought about has been the
development of the scientific outlook in man”. India is the only country in the
entire world that has officially designated the development of science as the
responsibility of government. According to Article 51 A (h) of constitution of
India, it is now the duty of every citizen of Indian “to develop the scientific
temper, humanism and spirit of inquiry”.
