Indian Schoolchildren Urged to Rebel for Innovation in Education

To stimulate innovation in the education system, inquisitiveness should be promoted in Indian schoolchildren, India’s human resource development minister said.

"Why do we lack innovation in India? Because we don't allow questioning. We don't promote inquisitiveness. If a child asks questions in school, he is asked to sit down. This should not go on. We need to promote inquisitiveness, children should ask questions," India's Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar said at the ‘Infocom 2016' on Thursday.

Inauguration of #INFOCOM2016 by Chief Guest Hon'ble Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar#TransformDisruptTransform pic.twitter.com/Mml1xaT69D

— INFOCOM (@infocomconnect) 7 июля 2016 г.

​If children are encouraged to be curious, innovation would follow as the status quo would be challenged and there would be a transformation, the minister added.

"Innovation is a process of rebellion essentially. Unless you rebel, unless you challenge the status quo, how can you innovate anything," he said, emphasizing the government's focus on innovation in education.

Former Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar took charge of the Human Resource Development Ministry after Modi's cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday.

Took charge as HRD Min, mission will be to provide quality education for all, transforming life, especially of poor pic.twitter.com/BPcCqlMKns

— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) 7 июля 2016 г.