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Coding lessons pilot to roll out in 150 schools

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KODRIS Africa CEO Mugumo Munene (right) and ICT head Gidraph Waburi work on a laptop at a Nairobi hotel on Wednesday. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

The government will next week roll out the implementation of the computer coding curriculum support material on a pilot basis targeting public primary and secondary schools under the Digital Literacy Programme.

Coding is the process of converting human intentions into commands that computers can comprehend. The lessons will be presented to the learners through an interactive online studio.

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