First-ever National Toy Fair to start from Feb 27

The first-ever National Toy Fair will be starting from the February 27^th, 2021. The festival will conclude on March 2, 2021. It will be organized in the virtual format.

Highlights

• During the event, the Centre for Creative Learning (CCL), which is based in IIT Gandhinagar, will showcase its 75 toy creations in the fair.
• IIT Gandhinagar is the only IIT in the country which is running this centre for creative learning.
• The CCL helps in developing the scientific temperament in the students and teachers by developing various scientific and educational toys.

About the toy fair

• The toy fair is being organised by the Ministry of Textiles.
• Ministry of Education and ministry of commerce & industry has also associated to organise the fair.
• This virtual toy fair will be organised with the aim to provide a joyful learning for the children.
• It will engage the children in teaching, learning and promoting indigenous toy industry.
• Some of the toys that CCL will showcase includes:

1. Robot made using a DC motor.
2. Hydraulic JCB controlled using syringes.
3. Periscope to look beyond the wall.
4. Explaining textbook trigonometry through a sine wave car.
5. Easy learning of geometry through lamps.

• The fair would also showcase 75 exhibition stalls of the Ministry of Education, National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL).

Background

The idea of toy fair emerged from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat address on August 30, 2020. He had highlighted the huge potential of toys market and the opportunities that can be used to promote indigenous toys. Recently, on February 11, 2021, the government had launched a website for the toy fair.

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021