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NEW DELHI: India will be the first country to expand design thinking and innovation courses in schools, with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) all set to roll out books from class seven onwards.

While the Design Thinking and Innovation course was introduced as a skill development curriculum for Class 6 students in many schools this academic year, CBSE is now planning to release books for Class 7-12.

Developed jointly by CBSE, the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education and IIT-Bombay, the elective course aims to provide students with the tools and exposure to solve problems using the design thinking process.

talk to New Indian ExpressBiswajit Saha, Director, CBSE (Skill Education and Training), said that CBSE will release the books soon.

Dr. Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer, Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education said, “This year, along with CBSE, we have introduced a design thinking course from Class 6. India is the only country in our list of best countries. education, having an elective module of project thinking from the 6th grade standard”.

“Incorporating design thinking into the 6th standard is very special. We will soon distribute books on the subject for 7th grade. They are in the final stage of purification,” said Jere, who has played an important role in introducing initiatives related to innovation in higher education institutions.

According to him, many institutes in India teach design thinking. Corporations call on design experts to help generate ideas. International educational institutions such as Harvard, MIT and Stanford offer design thinking programs, Jere told TNIE.

“Through this programme, we will be able to train many young people, which will ultimately help them move towards innovation and entrepreneurship,” added Jere, who conceptualized the Smart India Hackathon, which is claimed to be the world’s largest open innovation model. teaches the culture of product innovation and problem solving among students.

The current module conceptualized is as per international standards and developed and maintained by IIT-Bombay. The qualification module is an optional subject but will not be a passing criterion.

Students are graded according to their achievements – from “initial”, “developing”, “promising”, “proficient” to “excellent”.

Jere said it has been observed that Indian students have low innovation quotient and problem solving ability. “The reason was related to the rote learning system of education. “Our students don’t think about identifying a problem and then solving it,” he said.

According to Prof. Ravi Poovaya, Emeritus Fellow, School of Design, Industrial Design Center (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and Chairman of the team that approved the Design Thinking and Innovation Syllabus, the curriculum up to Class 12. ready. “We are finalizing the project. We will send it to CBSE in a few weeks. And then it’s going to take some time before they get it up and running.”

Commenting on the module, he said: “This is a very good initiative that does not exist anywhere in the world. Design thinking process is not done in schools. Now we will have children who have changed their minds from school.”

In the long run, we want our children to be very creative, Poovaya told TNIE.

The background, he said, is the NEP 2020 mandate, which says we need to inculcate sensory skills in our children.

This will be an exposure program for students of grades 6-8. And if they are interested, they can study from 9th grade.

“From Class 9 onwards, they have to spend 160 hours, which is the amount they spend in any other subject,” he said, adding that currently the master’s course is taught in CBSE schools, but soon, other state boards will also start teaching them.

The module explores students’ sensory, cognitive and social skills through a fun exercise. Forms students’ minds through observation, discovery, analysis, experience, collaboration and reflection.

It also aims to increase their interest and enhance their research abilities, to nurture students’ creativity and innovation, to identify problems and find solutions by using design thinking processes and techniques to solve various problems.

The course also helps students learn to collaborate, collaborate and work together to find solutions to gain culturally-rooted understanding of design from information documented in Indian education systems, Poovaya said, adding that they taught teachers how to teach. Conducting the course at various centers like Delhi, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Mumbai, Jaipur and Kolkata.

</p> <p>NEW DELHI: India will be the first country to expand design thinking and innovation courses in schools, with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) all set to roll out books from class seven onwards. While this academic year many schools have introduced a project thinking and innovation course for students of class 6 as a skill development curriculum, CBSE is now planning to release books for classes 7-12. The elective course jointly developed by CBSE, the Ministry of Education and the Innovation Cell of IIT-Bombay aims to provide students with the tools and exposure to solve problems using the design thinking process. Speaking to The New Indian Express, Director CBSE (Skill Education and Training) Biswajit Saha said that CBSE will release the books soon. Dr. Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer, Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education, said, “This year, along with CBSE, we have introduced a design thinking course from Class 6. India is the only country in our list of best countries. education, having an elective module of project thinking from the 6th grade standard”. “Incorporating design thinking into the 6th standard is very special. We will soon distribute books on the subject for 7th grade. They are in the final stage of purification,” said Jere, who has played an important role in introducing initiatives related to innovation in higher education institutions. According to him, many institutes in India teach design thinking. Corporations call on design experts to help generate ideas. International educational institutions such as Harvard, MIT and Stanford offer design thinking programs, Jere told TNIE. “Through this programme, we will be able to train many young people, which will ultimately help them move towards innovation and entrepreneurship,” added Jere, who conceptualized the Smart India Hackathon, which is claimed to be the world’s largest open innovation model. teaches the culture of product innovation and problem solving among students. The current module conceptualized is as per international standards and developed and maintained by IIT-Bombay. The qualification module is an optional subject but will not be a passing criterion. Students are graded according to their achievements – from “initial”, “developing”, “promising”, “proficient” to “excellent”. Jere said it has been observed that Indian students have low innovation quotient and problem solving ability. “The reason was related to the rote learning system of education. “Our students don’t think about identifying a problem and then solving it,” he said. According to Prof. Ravi Poovaya, Emeritus Fellow, School of Design, Industrial Design Center (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and Chairman of the team that approved the Design Thinking and Innovation Syllabus, the curriculum up to Class 12. ready. “We are finalizing the project. We will send it to CBSE in a few weeks. And then it’s going to take some time before they get it up and running.” Commenting on the module, he said: “This is a very good initiative that does not exist anywhere in the world. Design thinking process is not done in schools. Now we will have children who have changed their minds from school.” In the long run, we want our children to be very creative, Poovaya told TNIE. The background, he said, is the NEP 2020 mandate, which says we need to inculcate sensory skills in our children. This will be an exposure program for students of grades 6-8. And if they are interested, they can study from 9th grade. “From Class 9 onwards, they have to spend 160 hours, which is the amount they spend in any other subject,” he said, adding that currently the master’s course is taught in CBSE schools, but soon, other state boards will also start teaching them. The module explores students’ sensory, cognitive and social skills through a fun exercise. Forms students’ minds through observation, discovery, analysis, experience, collaboration and reflection. It also aims to increase their interest and enhance their research abilities, to nurture students’ creativity and innovation, to identify problems and find solutions by using design thinking processes and techniques to solve various problems. The course also helps students learn to collaborate, collaborate and work together to find solutions to gain culturally-rooted understanding of design from information documented in Indian education systems, Poovaya said, adding that they taught teachers how to teach. Conducting the course at various centers like Delhi, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Mumbai, Jaipur and Kolkata.<br />