Government school kids to learn coding
The report is expected to be ready by the first week of February as the pilot will go on till the end of January.
Hyderabad: Government school students will now learn coding in school. On Monday, Telangana information Technology Association (TITA) started a pilot project in 18 government schools. Their observations will be submitted to the government in February. Full-fledged coding is expected to be introduced in all schools by the next academic year. A six- day programme will be held in 18 government schools in Makhtal constituency covering Atmakur and Amarachinta mandals in Wanaparthy district. The training in coding will be offered to select students by TITA members.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, TITA global president Sundeep Kumar Makthala said the training will be for six days. Two students, one from Class VIII and one from Class IX, and one teacher from the school, who are part of the Innovation Club at the school, will be trained in Scratch programming, Phython.
Mr Makthala said TITA will prepare a report on the outcomes and make recommendations to the Government to scale up the programme and introduce coding in schools from the next academic year.
The report is expected to be ready by the first week of February as the pilot will go on till the end of January. A three-member TITA team had made a ground level assessment for the pilot project in December 2019.