India, Oct. 23 -- New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is set to launch a virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) lab at Navyug School in Sarojini Nagar.

The initiative, targeted at students of classes 7 to 10, aims to enhance STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education. NDMC has invited bids for the lab's setup, which includes supply of hardware, e-content and operation and maintenance for one year, a project report by the NDMC's education department said.

"NDMC is planning to implement STEM in one of the Sr. Secondary school and is proposed to set up AR-VR based labs that would supplement the STEM education through experiential and lab simulations," said NDMC's education department.

The move comes as the ...