School inaugurates Atal Tinkering Lab

Do-it-yourself is the basis of learning

[caption id="attachment_179560" align="alignright" width="320"] SK Imran Ali speaking during the inauguration of the Atal Tinkering Lab at Christian Hr. Sec. School in Dimapur. (EM Images)[/caption] Dimapur, April 28(EMN): Christian Higher Secondary School (CHSS) inaugurated Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) on April 28 at the school premise in Dimapur. District Education Officer (DEO) R Amongla Jamir inaugurated the lab. “The school has grown so much in recent years with enough infrastructures which made it possible for the lab to be implemented. The lab will go a long way in producing many future greats,” the DEO stated. Jamir was addressing the students during the inauguration programme in which she was the chief guest. She shared an analogy of an instructor who taught his students by way of experiments. During the experiments, Jamir said that the instructor made his students dance to the music played in the background. Different students danced differently to the same music being played. The instructor stated that, to identify talents of the students he made them do it practically. Likewise, Jamir opined that the newly inaugurated lab would play the role of instructor which would identify and produce many talents in the future. SK Imran Ali, a mechanical engineer and a member of the 3Dexter team spoke about the importance of ATL. He said that, with proper technology and guidance today’s students have the potential to become future innovators, engineers, and scientists for which the lab comes as blessings for students of CHSS. “The preparation for the lab started last year in the month of October. CHSS was selected in the first phase among the 2441 schools in India,” the principal of CHSS S Moatemsu Walling stated. Walling said that classes from six to twelve can participate in the ATL. He said that the school is planning to host different activities in the lab to fulfill the objective of the mission. He hoped that students will come up with innovative ideas and be an asset to the country. ATL is the brainchild of the planning commission of India, NITI Aayog. The project is initiated under the Atal Innovation Mission; to take the present education system out of the shackles of rote learning. Students participating in the ATL will be enthused to work with do-it-yourselves tools and equipment. The reason is to develop a spirit of innovation in students. The main objective of the scheme is to foster curiosity, creativity, and imaginations in young minds. If taken the right way ATL has the capability to help country to transform young minds into young innovators. The active participation by schools and students will power transformations of new India through their creativity and innovation.