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The Minister's Innovation Challenge
The challenge provides opportunities for Year 8 students to engage in entrepreneurial learning. With support from industry mentors, students apply design thinking, developing innovative solutions to a local issue or problem.
Topic: Career development
The Minister’s Innovation Challenge provides an opportunity for Year 8 students at Western Australian public schools to engage in design thinking and entrepreneurial education.
In 2025, 40 teams of 6 to 8 students will take part in the 6-week challenge. The challenge commences at the start of Term 4 and will be facilitated by Bloom the Centre for Youth Innovation.
Each team will develop innovative solutions to local issues or problems, supported by their school and an industry mentor. The 5 top-ranked teams will share the $35,000 cash prize and some of the final pitches will be showcased during an online exhibition with the Minister for Education.
Public school staff can Nominate a student team for The Minister’s Innovation Challenge 2025.
For more information on key dates, refer to The Minister's Innovation Challenge 2025.
The Minister’s Innovation Challenge informative video
The challenge provider, Bloom, offers a general overview of what the 6-week challenge will entail. The video also features teachers involved in last year’s challenge.
Past participating schools and their pitches
Select a year below to find out which schools participated and to read their problem statements and solutions.
Previous years
Feedback
The feedback below captures the sentiments of the teachers who have participated in the challenge.
I will admit to feeling nervous and a bit daunted before the teacher induction. The induction day was extremely helpful and I liked that we followed the same path that students will undertake. It helped me to really feel part of this process.
The resources provided were a huge support and allowed facilitation of activities and processes to happen seamlessly.
The kids have really loved the process. It has been great to have a 5-week program and not 4, it has allowed so much more reflection and discussion.
The industry mentor was really knowledgeable and was really great with the kids.