Government spending $50M to teach K-12 students and their teachers coding

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Meeshika Sharma
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The Liberal government is following up on a 2017 budget promise to spend $50 million to help children learn to code as soon as they start school. New CanCode program targets students, underrepresented groups

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Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced the government's new CanCode program, which hopes to train about one million students from kindergarten to Grade 12 coding and other digital skills, during a stop at Microsoft Canada in Mississauga, Ont. today. He announced  the organizations that have been selected to deliver CanCode initiatives across the country. Programs will provide over 1 million teachers and students with digital skills training, preparing our young people for the jobs of tomorrow.

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The government says they also want to train students, including traditionally underrepresented groups, in coding to prepare them for the future workforce.publive-image

The funding also includes training for 63,000 teachers to learn how to incorporate new technology in the classroom.

The money will be divided between a number of projects, including $10 million for Actua, a group that engages Indigenous youth, girls, at-risk youth and young Canadians living in remote areas in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Coding is already part of the curriculum up to Grade 6 in Nova Scotia and taught in New Brunswick.

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