Several months ago, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, traveled to India where he underscored the significance of coding education. He encouraged
During his visit to India, Apple CEO Tim Cook emphasized the importance of coding education, urging Indian students, particularly girls, to embrace coding from an early age. Cook highlighted coding as a universal language and expressed his desire for more students to acquire coding skills, enabling them to tackle real-world problems with innovative solutions.
During his visit to India, Apple CEO Tim Cook stressed the significance of coding education, encouraging Indian students, especially girls, to adopt coding early on. Cook emphasized coding as a universal language and expressed his hope for increased student participation in coding, enabling them to address real-world challenges through innovative solutions.
Indian students, including girls, to embark on coding from a young age. Stressing that coding is a universally understood language, Cook expressed his hope for a greater number of students to develop coding proficiency, enabling them to devise inventive solutions for real-world challenges.
In a conversation with IANS, Tim Cook emphasized the importance of incorporating coding into school curricula worldwide, including in India. He highlighted coding as not just a means of self-expression but also a driver of creativity and innovation, fostering closer connections in today’s digital landscape.
Acknowledging India’s significant young population, Cook underscored the country’s potential to emerge as a global technology leader through the promotion of coding education in schools. He commended the Government of India’s efforts to enhance digital literacy and skill development, particularly in coding.
Initiatives such as Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) aim to enhance creativity and innovation among students by providing access to advanced tools and technologies, thereby improving coding and computational thinking abilities. Furthermore, the Uttar Pradesh education department recently unveiled plans to introduce coding, computational thinking, and artificial intelligence (AI) fundamentals into the curriculum of state-run schools, beginning in the academic year 2024-25.
Consequently, over 5 million students, ranging from Classes 6 to 8 and enrolled across approximately 45,000 state-owned schools, will participate in this initiative. Once perceived as specialized skills reserved for the tech-savvy, coding and computational abilities are now acknowledged as fundamental cognitive tools crucial for the holistic development of learners.
The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has introduced a new course to complement the existing science curriculum. Tailored for Class 6 students, this curriculum will encompass proficiency in Microsoft Word, basic programming skills including Python, and other essential aspects of computer science. Furthermore, students in Classes 7-8 will receive instruction in networking and cybersecurity, logical reasoning, proficiency in Microsoft Excel, data management, and introductory concepts of AI. The launch of textbooks for all three classes, meticulously crafted by SCERT, will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
