Archival Education Programme for Schools
 

MS-019-3-1-6-10, Young boy with a fish trap in Uttara Kannada region,1986-1988, RJ Ranjit Daniels Papers, Archives at NCBS.

The Archival Education Programme focussed on school students and teachers at the Archives at NCBS hopes to steer learning using archives, and toward understanding archives. The aim is to lead and inspire pioneering outreach in education using archival records through fostering community, collaborative engagement and inclusive practice while working in partnership with schools and educational organisations. This programme is made possible with generous support from the TNQ Foundation.

We would like to collaborate with school students and teachers to create an education and outreach programme focussed on developing teaching-aids and educational material for middle-school and high-school students as well as teachers. Through the design and delivery of teacher-training, events, workshops and other programme and online educational resources we hope to bridge the gap between archival sources and school education with a focus on history of science in India.

The Archives hopes to strengthen its relationship with its audience, which includes individual teachers, students, school-authorities, researchers, and other research organisations and funders working in the field of education in India. 

Collaborate with us!

• School Visits

Taken during a presentation that was made to students at Parikrma Centre for Learning, Bangalore.

Do you want us to speak to the students and teachers at your school about the potential role of archives in learning? Write to us at archives@ncbs.res.in or archives-edu@ncbs.res.in to arrange a school visit. 

In the last year we visited the following schools in Bangalore city.

• Mallya Aditi International School

• St. Joseph's Indian Composite Pre-University College

• Parikrma Centre for Learning

• Bangalore International School

Visit Us!

Taken during a walk-through of Bodies at Sea exhibition for Dolna students at the Archives at NCBS. 

The Archives at NCBS is open to the public on all weekdays between 10 am - 5:30 pm. If you’d like your students or teachers to get a feel of the archives, understand our work and look at archival records related to the history of science, we are happy to give you a tour. To schedule a visit, write to us at archives@ncbs.res.in or archives-edu@ncbs.res.in

Summer fellowships for teachers and students

https://archives.ncbs.res.in/sf

Summer school fellowships for 2025 are now open. Apply here!

Poster by Dhatri S

Summer fellowship for school teachers

Every summer we host a three-week fellowship for three middle-school and high-school teachers.

This is an in person fellowship for three weeks between April and May, on weekdays from 10 AM to 3 PM, at NCBS, Bangalore.

We encourage those interested in researching and using archival records as teaching tools to apply. The teachers will be meeting and working with archivists, historians, researchers, scientists and users of the archive, and may be asked to prepare teaching plans or tools using primary sources and expected to give an informal talk about your experience.  A stipend of Rs 10,000 will be included as part of the fellowship; meals and refreshments will also be provided. 

Keep a lookout on our social media page for the public call for the fellowship. If you have any questions about the fellowship, contact archives-edu@ncbs.res.in or archives@ncbs.res.in. 

Summer fellowship for high school students

Suppose you are a student who likes digging through old letters, photographs, notebooks, diaries, media clippings and audio recordings to look for clues and unearth exciting science stories. In that case, this summer fellowship is for you.

Students get to spend 3 weeks at the Archives at NCBS in the summer (April-May). 

They get to discover how science and history intersect and work with archivists and staff to sleuth stories and trivia using the Archive’s resources.

Eligibility: Open for high-school students. Ages 14-18.

This is an in person fellowship for students who will be expected to spend their weekdays between 11 am – 4:00 pm at the Archives at NCBS, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore.

Keep a lookout on our social media page for the public call for the fellowship. If you have any questions about the fellowship, contact archives-edu@ncbs.res.in or archives@ncbs.res.in. 

Work with us!

Archival objects spread out on a table for arranging and cataloguing, Archives at NCBS.

Education Officer, Archives at NCBS

The Education Officer at Archives at NCBS works with the team to develop educational material using the archival collections at the Archives and coordinate an education programme focussed on schools. Read more about the position here: https://archives.ncbs.res.in/education

Intern - Education

If you are interested in learning more about archiving and using archival collections for learning and research, apply to our internship programme.  Read more about internships here: https://archives.ncbs.res.in/internships

Activities and Programmes

Students interacting with archival objects during Moth Day at NCBS, November 2024.

Public Engagement

We partner with organisations and individuals to provide public programmes that connect new communities of students and teachers with archives.

Open Source Educational Resources

We will be developing educational resources focussed on primary source sets targeting high school learners. These resources will be open-source and include documents from our digital collections. These can be integrated into learning spaces by teachers and students.

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Contact

Write to us at archives@ncbs.res.in or archives-edu@ncbs.res.in.

Contact persons: Anjali JR (anjalir@ncbs.res.in), Carol D’Souza (carold@ncbs.res.in).