Atal Tinkering Laboratory Hillwoods School
Genesis
Our former Prime Minister late Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji believed that the future of this country lies in the hands of youth and the Atal Innovation Mission, named after his legacy, is an effort towards translating his dreams into reality.
Atal Innovation Mission is a flagship initiative of the Government of India, housed at NITI Aayog, with a focus to build an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem across India, with public-private partnerships. The Atal Tinkering Lab initiative is aimed at disrupting the Indian education system. It is creating a paradigm shift, where children as young as 12 years of age are being introduced to the world of technology innovation, and are experiencing a culturally different micro-environment in Indian schools, which allows them to work in their area of interest without a fixed curriculum. With ATL, problem solving has become an integral part of their behavior. The tinkering lab mission is fueling a nationwide mass movement and creating millions of young high school innovators at the grassroots. It is also systematically honing young students on crucial 21 century skills including Creativity, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Social and Cross-Cultural Collaboration, Ethical Leadership and so on.
Our former Prime Minister late Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji believed that the future of this country lies in the hands of youth and the Atal Innovation Mission, named after his legacy, is an effort towards translating his dreams into reality.
Atal Innovation Mission is a flagship initiative of the Government of India, housed at NITI Aayog, with a focus to build an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem across India, with public-private partnerships. The Atal Tinkering Lab initiative is aimed at disrupting the Indian education system. It is creating a paradigm shift, where children as young as 12 years of age are being introduced to the world of technology innovation, and are experiencing a culturally different micro-environment in Indian schools, which allows them to work in their area of interest without a fixed curriculum. With ATL, problem solving has become an integral part of their behavior. The tinkering lab mission is fueling a nationwide mass movement and creating millions of young high school innovators at the grassroots. It is also systematically honing young students on crucial 21 century skills including Creativity, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Social and Cross-Cultural Collaboration, Ethical Leadership and so on.
Objectives of Atal Tinkering Lab
The major objectives of establishing ATL include the following:
- To create workspaces where young minds can learn innovation skills, sculpt ideas through hands-on activities, work and learn in a flexible environment.
- To empower our youth with the 21st century skills of creativity, innovation, critical thinking, design thinking, social and cross-cultural collaboration, ethical leadership and so on.
- To help build innovative solutions for India's unique problems and thereby support India's efforts to grow as a knowledge economy.
Program Design of Atal Tinkering Lab
The ATL program design systematically helps the ATL In-charge to nurture the innovation mindedness amongst the young innovators. Beyond innovation, while engaging in ATL activities, students are benefitting on their overall personality development, soft skills, technology skills and the 21st-century skills. The ATL introduces students to a very different microenvironment, that allows freedom to explore new ideas, test them, and follow a 'learning by doing' approach.
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