is creativity being encouraged among youngsters today??

No. Unfortunately this is being done as a routine. A casual approach. Giving a task of a making a house/ garden or paint a picture or singing a popular b'wood  stuff does not express as a serious approach of training the young minds with creativity. 

I have my doubts.

It is a fact that students , or anyone else for that matter , has more opportunities to think for himself , and also to bring his ideas to fruition.

The only issue is whether all is this is happening due to conscious efforts , on the part of schools , colleges and employers , or is it that everyone is moving with the times , and adapting himself to the changes that are a part of life nowadays.

If you consider roads and traffic , you can have traffic moving faster because you have faster vehicles and better roads , or you can have faster traffic because everyone is in a hurry !

Are our schools and colleges and companies consciously encouraging creativity ? Going by the standardised curriculum and syllabus , and the emphasis on results , I am not so sure.

The essence of creativity is that the methods are more important ; results may or may not follow.

Students , both at school and at college , should be encouraged to ask questions , for which there may not be ready-made answers available. They should also not be discouraged from attempting something on the grounds that it will not work. In creativity , it is failures which ultimately lead to success ; trial and error is wholly acceptable in creative thinking , whereas it is an absolute no-no in logical thinking.

creativity is something which brings unexplored and unknown things to existence only through human mind. creativity is essential everywhere from a simple drawing to a big novel.  at school you learn what others learn. in college you choose courses like the maximum.at work you just follow what your boss instructs you to.. a mind without creativity is just like dustbin.

youngsters today are very much creative.. but its not being rightly encouraged! encouragement is a good feed for effective thinking and creativity.. but often poeple are very careful in letting thier words encourage someone. it might be a friend next to you or yo family member, or yo subordinate or student..

frustration on others development is one of the reason..

if you cant think well,let others to..