STEM education for school children & youth
STEM education creates critical thinkers, problem solvers and next – generation innovators.The National Science Foundation predicts that 80% of jobs created in the next decade will require some form of STEM skills. The National Education Policy 2020 also talks about STEM and the interesting ways in which it makes education come alive, such as science experiments, technology integration, puzzles, quizzes, etc. STEM learning helps students develop critical thinking skills at a young age. This allows them to appreciate the idea of innovation and application of scientific principles. School going children and youth, being habituated to the use of technology in their everyday lives, surely stands to benefit from an early introduction to STEM.
Child for Child in association with QuizforCause
With an aim of aligning privileged and underprivileged school children and youth with STEM education through quizzes and hands-on workshops, Smile Foundation conducts several programs across its network of schools in India, and under its Mission Education programme.
One of these initiatives is the National STEM Quiz, being held under Smile Foundation’s Child for Child programme. Interestingly, it is being led by the student community itself. Shivansh Gupta from Class XI, Delhi Public School R.K. Puram, and Anushka Singhal pursuing BSc. Computer Science from DDU College, have been successfully conducting the STEM Quiz and related workshops.
RoboClub, a premier STEM and Robotics Institute in New Delhi started by Ms. Sunaina Sood, sponsored the STEM Quiz 2022.
STEM Quiz 2022
The second edition of STEM Quiz (2022) successfully reached out to 10000+ students with 200+ participants from all over the country. The virtual quiz was conducted on August, 14th 2022, with middle and high school students as participants. The quiz had questions in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Logic and Reasoning, etc. The quizzes and workshops encourage youth to participate and test their skills, inspiring them towards hands-on learning and creating awareness on STEM careers.
Our heartiest congratulations to all participants and special wishes to all who have occupied the podium positions!
We are delighted to present the results for the competition:
Category: Class 6th to 8th
1st Position: Krishna Sharma, Class 8th, Kalka Public School, Kalkaji, New Delhi
2nd Position: Gagan, Class 7th, Ompee Global School, Manesar, Gurugram, Haryana
3rd Position: Tanveer Kaur, Class 7th, Punjab National Public School, Behrampur Zimidari, Rupnagar, Punjab
Category: Class 9th to 11th
1st Position: Aarush Salgania, Class 11, Stepping Stones Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh
2nd Position: Gursimran Kaur, Class 11, Punjab National Public School, Behrampur Zimidari, Rupnagar, Punjab
3rd Position: Deepansh Aggarwal, Class 10, Kalka Public School, Kalkaji, New Delhi
