Students excel in 2020 innovation challenge
The Telangana School Innovation Challenge 2020 concluded at the MCRHRD Institute here on Monday with 25 ideas getting shortlisted. In all,
4,041 schools from across
33 districts of Telangana participated in the challenge, wherein 8,750 students and 7,093 teams submitted their ideas after completing the online course on design thinking.
The Innovation Challenge was a collective effort of UNICEF India, Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC), Telangana School Education Wing, and Inqui-Lab Foundation. The programme was organised to foster a spirit of innovation and problem-solving among school
THE PROGRAMME was organised to foster a spirit of innovation and problem-solving among school children. Boot camps were conducted to shortlist the best ideas in prototyping and solution testing at their respective schools. children. Boot camps were conducted to shortlist the best ideas in prototyping and solution testing at their respective schools. The 25 finalists were selected after several rounds of evaluation.
IT minister K.T. Rama Rao, who spoke at the event, said, “School innovation challenge is a practical example of identifying creativity within students at an early stage. Its decentralised approach involving a number of schools, teachers and students had led to an organic growth of innovation among students.”
The minister praised the Telangana Education Department and IT Department through Telangana State Innovation Cell for the impactful programme. “I have learnt from interaction with students that all ideas have come from problems being faced within their community. Such challenges should be organised in every district for the benefit of students. The Telangana State Innovation Cell should also look at sectorspecific innovation, so that innovative ecosystems could be built,” he stated.
The 2020 edition of the challenge was formally launched by education minister Sabitha Indra Reddy on August 28, 2020.