A STUDY OF AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF SCIENCE LABORATORIES FOR TEACHING-LEARNING SCIENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF BHOPAL

Abstract

Science is the blueprint of life. It is the systematic study of the behavior and structure of the physical and natural worlds through observation and experimentation. Science has played a major role in human culture and world civilization with its ability to liberate man from superstitions and diseases and improve his ways of living. According to Aristotle, "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." Experimentation and observation are the foundation stones to understand the natural and physical world of science. For understanding the cause and effect of science, reading theory and principles from textbooks will not suffice. Practical knowledge imparted through school science laboratories is necessary to fill the gap between theory and its application.