Formation of School Innovation Council (SIC) in all CBSE schools

CBSE/SE/JS/SIC/2023

The Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell and CBSE has launched the School Innovation Council (SIC). It 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 (Annexure-A). 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, entrepreneurs, etc., to come together and work in unison to make disruptive progress in the I&E ecosystem at the school level in the country.

The Principals / Heads of  all CBSE affiliated schools are advised to establish School Innovation Councils as per the guidelines given on the SIC website (https://sic.mic.gov.in) and the CBSE website cbseacademic.nic.in. and be part of the Innovation Contest and secure funding of up to Rs. 2 Lakhs per Innovation.

For any query related to SIC registration, the schools may contact Dr. Elangovan Kariappan, Assistant

Innovation  Director,  Ministry  of  Education’s  Innovation  Cell  at  [email protected]

/ 011 29581337.

The contact details for the regional coordinators designated by MoE’s Innovation Cell are also available

at https://sia.mic.gov.in/contact-us

Encl.: Annexure-A – Brief about School Innovation Council (SIC)

 

Copy to the respective Heads of Directorates, Organizations and Institutions as indicated below with a request to disseminate the information to all the schools under their jurisdiction:

1. The Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, 18, Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, Delhi- 110016

2. The Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, B-15, Sector-62, Institutional Area, Noida – 201309

3. The Director of Education, Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Old Secretariat, Delhi – 110054

4. The Director of Public Instructions (Schools), Union Territory Secretariat, Sector 9, Chandigarh – 160017

5. The Director of Education, Govt. of Sikkim, Gangtok, Sikkim – 737101

6. The Director of School Education, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar – 791 111

7. The Director of Education, Govt. of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Port Blair – 744101

8. The Director, Central Tibetan School Administration, ESSESS Plaza, Community Centre, Sector 3, Rohini, New Delhi

9. The Secretary, Sainik Schools Society, Room No.101, D-1 Wing, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110001

10. The Additional Director, General of Army Education, A – Wing, Sena Bhawan, DHQ, PO, New Delhi –

110001

11. The Secretary, AWES, Integrated Headquarters of MoD (Army), FDRC Building No. 202, Shankar Vihar (Near APS), Delhi Cantt – 110010

12. The Secretary, Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India

13. The Chairman, Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan, N-1/9, Near Doordarshan Kendra, PO Sainik School Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-751005

14. The Deputy Secretary to Chairman, CBSE – for kind information of the Chairman, CBSE

15. All the Heads of Department/ Directors of the Board

16. All the Regional Directors/Regional Officers/Head-COEs, CBSE with the request to send this circular to all the Heads of the affiliated schools of the Board in their respective regions for compliance

17. Director (Media & Public Relations), CBSE – with a request to give wider publicity to this notification.

18. Joint  Secretary (IT),  CBSE,  Rouse  Avenue  with  the  request  to  upload this  notification  on  the  CBSE Academic website

19. Incharge, Hindi Cell, CBSE HQ – for Hindi Translation of this notification

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