inb4 don't easily confuse computer studies with programming language


All upper primary students in S’pore to learn coding from 2020

With the rise of digital economy, coding has become a language that young Singaporeans will have to master.

Coding becomes compulsory for upper primary school students
At the Ministry’s workplan seminar 2019 held on July 10, Minister for Communications and Information, S Iswaran, announced that a 10-hour enrichment programme will be piloted at selected schools for the Primary Six students after their Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE).

This programme called Code For Fun (CFF) is conducted by the Ministry of Education and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and will be introduced to all primary schools by 2020.

CFF aims to expose young Singaporeans core computational and coding concepts through simple visual programming-based lessons.

This is part of the government’s effort to ensure an inclusive digital society and the CFF will help to cultivate local talents for the emerging digital economy.

Earlier in 2014, the CFF was launched as an optional programme for 93,000 students.

The CFF programme will also be continued at the secondary school level to complement the current computing subjects at O Level (elective) and A Level.


https://mothership.sg/2019/07/coding-compul...hool-singapore/


Education Ministry to push for coding as third language for Thai students

Thailand’s Ministry of Education will push for the inclusion of a third ‘language’, coding (computer programming language), in the curricula of Thai students, from kindergarten level if possible, said Deputy Education Minister Kalaya Sophonpanich on Friday.

Responding to the proposal to teach coding at schools, from Future Forward MP Kulthida Roongruangkiat during the debate on government’s policy statement, Khunying Kalaya said that it was her wish, since the election campaigning early this year, that Thai students should learn a third language, coding, in addition to English and their native language.

As a science student herself, the deputy education minister promised that she would push for the inclusion of coding in the curricula of the Thai educational system as quickly as possible, pointing to the increasing role of technology in in everyday life.

Coding is basically the language used to develop applications, websites and software. Without it, we would have none of the major technologies we have come to rely on, such as operating systems, our smart phones, the browser we choose to view our favorable blogs or even the blogs themselves. It all runs on code.




https://www.thaipbsworld.com/education-mini...-thai-students/

This post has been edited by junsheng: Aug 5 2019, 05:29 PM

they all adopt natural programming NPL, to help the understanding of coding in program
many school use NPL to assist their students to conceptualize computing process and coding

don't confuse computer studies with programming language, even whn both r related but fundamentally r different
the others country have computer studies long b4 malaysia

ppl start from primary school

y u easily confuse again, instead of secondary school learn learn logic primary school also can mah
thn there r npl / inform 7 / other high level language tat is used to teach primary school students n help them translate n grabs coding

thn there r also code snippet tools tat help kids to understand coding & coding also

it doesn't nid 2 be complicated, but to build the fundamentals, which then fundamentals can be reduced during secondary school

don't live inside the well ok