Kidz Corner, a special area dedicated just to the kids who visit SOFTEC, was inaugurated in 2004. The event was an immediate hit with youngsters as well as their parents, as parents could leave their kids there while they visited the other exhibitions of SOFTEC, sure that their children, too, would have a good time.

Each year Kidz Corner is decorated with a different theme extracted from cartoons, movies or fun places for kids, giving Kidz Corner a different feel and a different environment each time. The effort put into decorations in this one department is comparable to that put into decorations for the whole of the rest of SOFTEC combined, and that effort shows. In the year 2005, the theme for Kidz Corner was Harry Potter and in SOFTEC 2006 Kidz Corner was decorated following the theme of Shrek. SOFTEC 2007 followed the theme of Peter Pan.

Kidz Corner is all about both entertaining children, and teaching them in the process. In the past it has included computer games like “Super Goo”, face distortion competitions and Play It. Kids are also shown multimedia presentations about the basic history of computers and quiz competitions are held along with prize distribution ceremonies in the end to hearten the children. Kidz Corner gives children their earliest experiences with technology.

Last year, the Kidz Corner team of SOFTEC visited various schools in Lahore to invite young students to participate in Kidz Corner in a quiz competition. The idea was to form teams of students, each team consisting of students from different schools and then holding a competition among them. The best teams were then to appear the second day of SOFTEC as well to compete again and for the winning team to take its prize.

Kidz Corner in SOFTEC 2010 will persist in its endeavours to open the world of I.T. up to promising young minds.