5 Reasons why introducing coding in Indian Schools is a sensational move!
Is coding actually an essential skill to be taught in schools ? On 29 th July 2020, the Union Cabinet in India introduced the National Education Policy (NEP). One of the biggest changes which attracted many was that students from class 6 onwards will be taught coding as a part of the 21st-century skills. This made me wonder, is coding education from such a young age actually so significant? To learn more about it I started researching the topic and that is when I bumped upon a survey carried out by HackerRank earlier this year. The 2020 Hackerank Developer Skills Report To understand the state of developer skills, HackerRank conducted a survey in 2020 which surveyed over 11,6000 developers from 162 countries. The survey provided many meaningful insights about the expectation of employees and employers, and how they saw their roles evolving as the world moves towards a more technological approach. Many observations were made during the survey, of which I thought of sh...