Sivagiri government school students win ₹1 lakh in State-level innovation competition

A team of students from the Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Sivagiri has won a prize of ₹1 lakh in the State-level School Innovation Development Programme (SIDP) 4.0 for developing a project model titled ‘Smart Voice Aid for Paralyzed Patients’.
The Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute of Tamil Nadu, established by the State government, has been implementing programmes to nurture entrepreneurial skills among students and young people since 2022. The school innovation programme is being implemented in collaboration with the School Education Department and UNICEF.
As many as 8,124 schools across Tamil Nadu participated in SIDP 4.0, of which 160 teams were shortlisted for the final round. In the competition, 20 teams in the categories covering Classes VI to XII received a first prize of ₹1 lakh each.
The programme was implemented in Erode district under the guidance of the Chief Educational Officer, with the support of the district environmental coordinator, school headmasters and teacher mentors.The winning team from Sivagiri Government Girls Higher Secondary School comprised Gokulasri A (Class VIII), Aarthi S (Class X), Shivani S (Class X), Yashini S (Class X) and Dharshini S (Class X).