A new Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) laboratory has opened at CM Shri School in Janakpuri, giving students access to practical, technology-based learning through a partnership involving the Delhi government, the Shikhar Dhawan Foundation and Sportskeeda.
Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood and former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan inaugurated the facility on Saturday. The laboratory has been established under the Shikhar Dhawan Foundation’s STEM Shiksha initiative, with corporate social responsibility (CSR) support from Sportskeeda.
The inauguration was held under the Delhi government’s Seva Sankalp Abhiyan. The facility is part of the foundation’s wider Digital Shiksha programme, which focuses on improving access to technology-enabled education in government schools.
The initiative places practical learning infrastructure inside a government-school setting rather than limiting STEM education to textbook-based instruction. According to the report, the laboratory is intended to help students learn through experience, exploration and experimentation. Details about the number of students expected to use the facility, the equipment installed and the laboratory’s operating schedule were not provided.
Sood said the laboratory would help students move beyond conventional classroom learning and prepare for future opportunities. “STEM Labs are an important step in this direction, enabling students to move beyond textbook learning and learn through experience, exploration and experimentation,” he said.
Dhawan, who is chairperson of Da One Group and founder of the Shikhar Dhawan Foundation, said the programme aimed to make technology-based education accessible to more students. He also thanked the Delhi government for supporting the STEM Shiksha initiative.
The Janakpuri facility represents an expansion of the foundation’s Digital Shiksha programme and adds a new institutional partnership to the delivery of technology-focused learning in a Delhi government school. Its implementation combines a public-school setting, government support and private CSR funding, while the foundation is responsible for the STEM Shiksha initiative.
The announcement does not specify whether similar laboratories are planned at additional CM Shri Schools or provide a timeline for the next phase of the programme. The immediate next step is the use of the newly inaugurated laboratory by students at the Janakpuri school under the STEM Shiksha initiative.
