This article talks about the CBSE Notification: Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Bootcamps – Regional Mentoring Sessions. Read Here!
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India. Established in 1929 by a resolution of the government, the Board was an experiment towards inter-state integration and cooperation in the sphere of secondary education. There are more than 27,000 schools in India and 240 schools in 28 foreign countries affiliated to the CBSE. All schools affiliated to CBSE follow the NCERT curriculum especially from class 9 to 12. The current Chairperson of CBSE is Rahul Singh, IAS.
As you are aware that the School Innovation Contest, a part of the School Innovation Council (SIC), was launched on 28th August 2023 to motivate, handhold, and nurture school students’ bright ideas and Innovations and fund the selected innovations to build Products/Technologies/Startups.
So far, more than 25,000 teachers have completed the School Innovation Ambassador Program and more than 5,100 schools have registered for the School Innovation Council.
To nurture the innovation, design, and entrepreneurial skills of teachers from schools, two-days’ “Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship (IDE) Bootcamps” for School Teachers and Innovation Ambassadors will be organised in various parts of the country as per the below-mentioned schedule:
| Dates | No. of Bootcamps | Regional Mentoring Sessions and the Locations | Registration Link |
| 22nd & 23rd November 2024 | 05 | Gujarat Karnataka Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttarakhand | Link |
| 29th & 30th November 2024 | 10 | Andhra Pradesh Assam Haryana Jharkhand Kerala Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh West Bengal | Link |
The IDE Bootcamps and Regional Mentoring Sessions are jointly organized by the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC), and the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT).
Principals of all CBSE-affiliated schools must nominate a teacher from their school to participate in the Bootcamps & Regional Mentoring Sessions by registering through the link mentioned above on or before 8th November 2024.
The Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell will inform the selected teachers through email for the IDE Bootcamps & Regional Mentoring.
For further details, please contact Dr. Elangovan Kariappan, Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell by Phone (+91-9266744472) or by email (schoolinnovation[at]aicte-india[dot]org).
