As per the new education policy approved by the Narendra Modi-led government, students in India will be taught coding as a subject from as early as class 6. Typically, students in the 6th standard are roughly around 10-11 yrs of age. The aim of teaching programming skills in schools is to help them acquire 21st-century skills.
This announcement was made in by Education Ministry officials at a press conference in the presence of Union Minister Prakash Javadekar.
The world is advancing highly in technology, and several job roles today requires coding skills in candidates. So keeping the future in mind, programming skills can ensure a greater exposure to technical knowledge in early stages and help students progress easily if they wish to take up a technical career ahead.
It will also help budding students learn to develop games and apps for different platforms such as Android, Windows, and iOS.
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Due to coronavirus, there has been a radical change in the current education system. The lockdown has compelled academic institutions across the nation to adopt video lectures. In a way, this has also helped students to learn basic computer skills.
Given everything that’s going on, it makes sense to give them time to adapt to coding skills at a young age and overcome the usual thinking that coding skills are too difficult to master.
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