Coding in School: How will coding skills help students build a strong career ahead

With implementation of New Education Policy (NEP), students will get coding lessons in schools from class 6th onwards. Coding is a language for software programming. In digital era, computers, software, and machines have become an essential part of our lives. Coding jobs or people who code are paid well in industry. inclusion of coding in school syllabus is expected to bring a new revolution in education system of India. 

Sarvee Diwan, Vice President of Toppr Codr in conversation with Republic World discussed  basics of coding and benefits of learning to code in school and future of coding, and much more. For all those who are wondering about coding and are curious to know everything about it, re on. 

What is Coding?

Coding, also known as software programming or computer programming is a creative process performed by programmers to tell a computer how to perform a task. language in which se instructions are communicated is called computer language. Python, C, and JavaScript are a few examples of coding languages used to communicate with computer. 

Who can learn to code and how does it benefit school-going kids. What are benefits of starting to learn coding at such an early age?

Even though one can learn coding at any age, similar to a foreign language, coding skills are best learned early. Teaching children to code has shown to strengn ir computational thinking skills, thus giving m an vantage in subjects like math and writing. It also helps foster creativity and builds collaboration skills from an early age. By turning kids into inspired 'creators', coding allows m to interact in new ways with digital world y live in. When children see y can create something from scratch, it is ultimate "a-ha." 

Coding as a Career

How will Coding benefit students in future?

Code fuels our world’s technology. From microprocessors in everyday items like TV to water heaters to vanced programs that are used to build cars, ships, and space shuttles, learning to code has become an essential skill that makes you future-rey. knowledge of coding enables kids to apt to 21st-century workforce centered around computational technologies like AI, VR, AR, ML, Blockchain, IoT, and Robotics.

How is it different from an engineering/ B.tech course?

A B.Tech degree in computer science is acemic way of becoming a software engineer. A software engineer is often called a developer or a coder however role of a software engineer is much more unique in development cycle of technology products. While re tends to be overlap between a coder and an engineer, critical distinction is formal training engineers receive. Software engineers are responsible for big picture; y evaluate client or company needs in combination with those of user and conceptualize solutions. 

What are career options open for students after learning to code?

Pretty much every device, electronic item, and modern piece of machinery contains at least a little bit of code. As number of use cases for coding grows, number of coding jobs available will also continue to grow. In a world that is dominated by tech, many positions require some form of a coding skillset. However, professions like software engineer, AI/VR creator, autonomous and electrical car engineers, data scientists, and mobile app developers use coding every day to come up with products making use of cutting-edge technology. 

How Indian Kids are becoming entrepreneurs through coding.

Over past few years, re has been a sharp increase in number of kids taking coding classes while still in school. As children are getting exposed to technology at a much younger age than ir parents, schools have also begun teaching programming as early as 3rd standard. Since today's 21st century needs innovators, with coding children are developing apps and products making use of cutting-edge technology. In coding, kids get to see what ir codes create helping ir creativity get a boost. When y get to play games y create or see ir peers using ir apps, kids feel accomplished. All y need is right guidance and keep on practising what y learn.

Exposing students at K-12 level to vanced technology is a way of preparing m to apt to future.

re are few better ways to prepare kids for future than learning to code. Valuable, if not necessary in 21st century, coding for kids helps m develop acemically, building perseverance and organization, skills that can translate into a career. It enables children to enter world of new-age technology by giving m an arena to develop apps and games or work in field of robotics and artificial intelligence

Coding is a basic literacy in digital age, and it’s important for kids to understand – and be able to innovate with – technology around m. re’s a high demand for workers with coding skills in tech industry; mastering code at a young age allows kids to excel in any field y choose!
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