The Ministry of Education-Innovation Cell’s School Innovation Council (SIC) is a novel initiative to systematically handhold schools in sustainably establishing ideation, innovation, and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
SIC will foster the culture of ideation, innovation, entrepreneurship, creative thinking, design thinking, prototyping, out-of-box thinking, and IP commercialization by facilitating training (for teachers), field visits, leadership talks, awareness, orientation sessions, boot camps, national-level exhibitions, hackathons, linking of school innovation ecosystem with higher educational institutions (HEIs), etc. at schools. So far, more than 3800+ schools have been registered for the SIC, and this process is ongoing.
This initiative will bridge the gap in connecting schools with the country’s Innovation and entrepreneurial (I&E) enabler ecosystem. SIC will provide a platform for the schools, academia, industry, HEIs, experts, innovators and entrepreneurs to come together and work in unison to make disruptive progress in the I&E ecosystem at the school level in the country.
Objectives of SIC
- The School Innovation Council will foster the culture of Ideation, Innovation and entrepreneurship (IIE) in schools.
- SIC will act as an umbrella program for all the initiatives of the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell, AICTE, CBSE and other institutions regarding the promotion of Innovation and Entrepreneurship among school teachers and students.
- SIC will enable mindset change, awareness, and training on IIE, design thinking, startup finance, HR and IPR among teachers and students.
- Systematically measuring and enabling the ranking system for schools on the level of innovation-oriented activities.
- Providing mentoring and utilizing the existing infrastructure of the school to nurture innovation in learners.
- Providing mentoring and utilizing the existing infrastructure of the school to nurture innovation in learners.
- Encouraging, incentivizing and up-skilling teachers to enhance their mentoring capabilities.
- Enabling exchange program, collaborations, field visits and ideation activities.
- To implement and initiate the various programs on innovation-related activities through the established school innovation council committee.
- To act as the enabling platform for implementing National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Promotion Policy (NIEPP) for schools.
- The council will create a synergetic bridge between the Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem of higher education and school education through various initiatives of MIC in Higher Education.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has advised the Principals and Heads of its affiliated schools to establish School Innovation Councils as per the guidelines given on the SIC website (https://sic.mic.gov.in) and the CBSE website https://cbseacademic.nic.in and be part of the Innovation Contest and secure funding of up to Rs. 2 Lakh per Innovation. In case of any questions with regard to SIC registration please approach the contacts published on the web page https://sia.mic.gov.in/contact-us.
