In a world of multi tasking, creativity and spontaneous thinking provides an upper niche to those capable of tapping into their creative mind. To foster the talent of lateral and diverse thinking for the future generation, JP International School, Sector Omega 1, Greater Noida have added another feather in their cap and hosted the fouth edition of ‘STEAM 2K19 Hands On Minds On’ on November 30, 2019 at its school campus in association with Creative Thinkers Foundation & Odyssey of Mind India.
STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. It is a fusion of Science and Art required to enhance overall creativity, to facilitate nurturing the problem solving abilities and also skills like team work and communication. A total of 11 schools from Delhi NCR participated in the event comprising of 210 students.
The event challenged the students of various age groups to think out of the box and find solutions to various challenges given to them. In this competition the students were divided into teams under three divisions — Division I (eight to 12 yrs), Division II (12-15 yrs) and Division III (15 -18 yrs). The students displayed best of their creativity and innovation in the tasks given to them.
Amit Saxena, Vice President of Sparsh Group and JP International School said: “We are happy to see the creative bend of mind of the new generation. We shall continue to give similar exposure to our students and shall implement STEAM from Class I itself to give students a wider platform to perform.”