INNOSCHOOL

Innovation event for school pupils

Innoschool is a project that promotes the creativity and inventiveness of school pupils. The project is carried out by Innofinland and the National Board of Education.

The event has been organised since 2000 in comprehensive and upper secondary schools in Helsinki (2000, 2001), Kemi and Kitee (2001) and the Jyväskylä region (2002), Oulu region (2003), Tampere region (2004), Pori region (2005), Joensuu region (2006), Lappeenranta region (2007) and Turku region (2008).

INNOSCHOOL 09

This year the Innoschool event is directed at the Kokkola region and Åland.

The innovation event for first and second grades of comprehensive schools

The events will take place in September 2009 in the schools participating in the Kokkola area and in Åland. There, the meaning and necessity of creativity and inventing is explained to the pupils and the relation between inventiveness and entrepreneurship is discussed. If necessary, the Innofinland organisation or the T&E Centre for Ostrobothnia will assist in the instruction and teaching.

The Innoschool event lasts 2-3 lessons and is carried out class by class in the school on a date that has been agreed on with the teacher or the headmaster. The basic material including a compact information pack, background information for the teacher and a form for the pupils’ ideas will be sent by the Innofinland Bureau to schools that have registered for the event.

The final projects of students at the vocational institutes

A new format, which is different from the innovation events mentioned above, will be carried out in vocational institutes in Ostrobothnia, where we judge and award final projects of graduating students. The purpose is to encourage students to do creative work and to highlight the skills and job-readiness of young people studying at the vocational institutes.

For further details, please contact the Innofinland Bureau on +358 (0)9 6939 5308 or by e-mail: innosuomi(at)innosuomi.fi.