The Educational Initiatives (EI), has begun its search for India’s brightest young minds again this year through Assessment of Scholastic Skills through Educational Testing (ASSET) Talent Search (ATS) 2016. The test scheduled for November 27, 2016 will be held at various centres across India and the UAE.
Students who top this test will get an opportunity to enroll for the three-week residential ASSET summer programmes in India and well-known universities in the US. last year, ASSET Talent search saw over 6,320 enrollments from 573 schools across 150 cities in the country.
The ASSET initiative was launched to identify, analyse and measure various parameters related to the learning abilities of students after research done by educational initiatives across the country proved that children used to rote-learning failed to answer unfamiliar or application-based questions due to lack of conceptual clarity.
Only those students who score 90 per cent and above in ASSET at their grade level or are in the 10 per cent of their grades in Maths, Science and English can participate in the ASSET Talent Search. For students and parents who feel their children are academically exceptional, this test can be a starting point to validate their belief and help them suitably plan the academic future of their children.
In the programme students are trained across various subjects and introduced to a discovery pattern of thinking rather than just acquiring bookish knowledge. These programmes provide a unique learning environment to the students and are thoughtfully designed to also teach topics that are not covered in the regular school curriculum. It is a creative residential experience devised to nurture teamwork, leadership and camaraderie among students.