The Atal Tinkering Lab project was started by the Government of India under the Atal Innovation Mission in 2016. Atal Tinkering lab is an initiative of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog). There are a total of 8,706 Atal Tinkering Labs that have been set up in different government and private schools across the country. 60% of these labs are in government schools. In our school it is operational since 2018.
ATL is a workspace where young minds can give shape to their ideas through hands on do-it-yourself mode; and learn innovation skills. Young children will get a chance to work with tools and equipment to understand the concepts of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). ATL would contain educational and learning ‘do it yourself’ kits and equipment on – science, electronics, robotics, open-source microcontroller boards, sensors and 3D printers and computers. Other desirable facilities include meeting rooms and video conferencing facility.
