By building their core life skills and mindsets early, they will be more prepared for the challenging creative work that is awaiting them. Parents, educators, schools, the government, and the corporations in Singapore have all realized the need for DI to be within the school’s curriculum and are initiating multiple programs and competitions that teach DI and Entrepreneurship for K-12 level students.

The access and introduction of creative, versatile, and affordable educational technology tools such as the Micro:bit in schools is one of the main propellers for primary and secondary schools to begin implementing DI-based curricula. This is because the government and school officials all see value in the learning and application of key 21st-century skills such as programming, but the Micro:bit is merely a tool, programming it on its own it does nothing. The full potential of a tool is realized when its put to use for a purpose. That purpose is to solve problems creatively, which is where HCD comes in, students have to know what kinds of problems they can solve and who will benefit from it.

In the last 4 years, governmental organizations such as Design Singapore and the Education Technology Department of Ministry of Education have been doing their part collaborating with institutions and companies like ourselves to conduct Design Thinking workshop and events for both teachers and students. JP Morgan Foundation is among the many corporate foundations who are partnering with institutions and non-profit organizations to conduct competitions that are DI-centric. These joint efforts from the public and private sectors are paving the way for Innovating Education and Educating for Innovation, join in the DI in education movement today. 👊