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Singapore (VNA) - All upper primary students willattend compulsory coding enrichment classes from next year onwards, SingaporeanMinister of Communications and Information S. Iswaran has announced.
Called ‘Code for Fun’, the programmewill start at some schools later this year, with Primary 6 students going forlessons before it is rolled out to all primary schools next year.
At the secondary schoollevel, it will continue to be optional, to complement existing computingeducation efforts.
‘Code for Fun’ was pilotedin 2014 as an optional enrichment programme for primary and secondary schoolstudents to learn computational thinking through basic coding.
In order to improve youths’exposure to information technology, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore has devised aplan to equip nearly 10,000 students with cyber security knowledge in the nextthree years via camping activities and career orientation courses.
Singaporean agencies will also provide seniors withfoundational digital skills; support firms, especially small and medium-sizedenterprises, in digital transformation.-VNA
