The Ministry of Communications and Mass Media summed up the “Code Hour”: over 7 million schoolchildren took part in the action
More than seven million schoolchildren from 35 thousand educational institutions of Russia took part in the All-Russian educational campaign “Hour Code”, aimed at popularizing professions in the field of information technology. The action was supported by the Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications, the Ministry of Education and Science and leading Russian IT companies. Training materials, including video lectures, are available on the website .
7 141 341 (71%) schoolchildren from 35,285 (83%) schools took part in the All-Russian educational campaign “Hour of the code”. The first place in terms of the number of participants was taken by the Volga region, in the number of educational institutions involved - the North-West region. The children watched a video lesson with the participation of well-known Russian entrepreneurs, talked with leading programmers and company leaders and solved logical problems. Within the framework of the campaign, a competition for informatics teachers was held.
The head of the Ministry of Communications said about the prospects of working in IT, mentioning the increase in budgetary places in state universities for IT specialties by 35% .
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Lessons, video lectures and other educational materials are available on the website .
Head of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media Nikolay Nikiforov:
Evgeny Kaspersky, General Director of Kaspersky Lab:
Infographics from the Ministry of Communications (clickable).
The action was supported by major international and Russian IT companies: Kaspersky Lab, 1C, VKontakte, Microsoft, Acronis, Zeptolab and the Dnevnik.ru unified educational network, and the media support was provided by Moscow School of Coding, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Teacher's Newspaper, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Hi-tech@mail.ru, Pedsovet.org.
7 141 341 (71%) schoolchildren from 35,285 (83%) schools took part in the All-Russian educational campaign “Hour of the code”. The first place in terms of the number of participants was taken by the Volga region, in the number of educational institutions involved - the North-West region. The children watched a video lesson with the participation of well-known Russian entrepreneurs, talked with leading programmers and company leaders and solved logical problems. Within the framework of the campaign, a competition for informatics teachers was held.
The head of the Ministry of Communications said about the prospects of working in IT, mentioning the increase in budgetary places in state universities for IT specialties by 35% .
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Lessons, video lectures and other educational materials are available on the website .
Head of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media Nikolay Nikiforov:
The role of information technology in our lives is growing rapidly, the need for qualified specialists in this field is increasing every year. I am sure that “Hour Code” has helped children across the country understand that programming is very promising and interesting. I hope that many of them in the future will choose a career in IT and achieve high results.
Evgeny Kaspersky, General Director of Kaspersky Lab:
Programmers and IT specialists actually keep the modern world: industry, energy, communications, finance, transport, the entire infrastructure of our everyday life uses computer systems. And the development of education in the field of information technology is an urgent need for Russia and the whole world.
Infographics from the Ministry of Communications (clickable).
The action was supported by major international and Russian IT companies: Kaspersky Lab, 1C, VKontakte, Microsoft, Acronis, Zeptolab and the Dnevnik.ru unified educational network, and the media support was provided by Moscow School of Coding, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Teacher's Newspaper, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Hi-tech@mail.ru, Pedsovet.org.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/283850/
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