The Information Communication Technology Authority (ICTA) and Kodris Africa have launched the first coding syllabus in Kenya, which will be taught in primary and secondary schools.
This comes after the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development approved the coding curriculum in the country as a means of boosting digital literacy for learners.
This is the first coding syllabus online platform for children of ages 7-16 to develop their critical thinking and algorithm in building skills while learning the robust programming language python.
The launch was graced with the members of the diplomatic core, government officials, stallholders and financial institutions that supported this initiative in boosting the literacy levels of students across Africa.
The Chief Guest ICT Cabinet Secretary, Joe Mucheru said that the programme is not only important to the country but also in Africa at large.
“…and I want to congratulate Kodris Africa for this great initiative and we shall engage the relevant stakeholders to be able to achieve the financial muscle needed to push this programme to the next phase. With Africa’s Free Trade Area we have the opportunity to reach over 1.4 billion people with this technology,” he said.
Kodris Africa Chairman Mwaniki Munuhe said that technology is the future and for the country to succeed in Africa we have to be ahead of technology.
“The digital literacy programme has achieved enormous gains in the distribution of technology, we have also partnered with financial services stakeholders like Equity Bank, Stanbic Bank and KCB Bank to support the initiative,” he said.
Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) approved the Kodris coding Africa on April 19, 2022.
KICD evaluates vets and approves the curricular and curriculum support materials for basic and tertiary education.
“Digital literacy in curricular digital and implementation of the KICD Act 2013 to adverse all matters related to development globally and the core competence to be enhanced,” said Eunice Gachoka, Deputy director E-learning, KICD.
“Stanbic Bank will contribute 100 computers to offer skills that are required, by the end of next year we are targeting to have 5,000 people trained,” Charles Mudiwa CEO of Stanbic Bank.
“Learning to code has become more essential to the digital world, we are on the forefront as a retail bank to provide financial solutions to all stakeholders as this is a great initiative for our children,” said Coop Bank Representative, head of Retail Banking, Lena Yego.
The future continues to be shaped by a digital world, coding is becoming the most in-demand job skill of the future.
The platform has learning styles and abilities of different age groups that have been taken into account, it also has a block mode and real code designed to work in synchrony.
