Twenty Colihaut students create mobile apps within 14 days of learning to code. The coding training was organized by Inspire Inc., the Universal Service Fund, StartUp 767, Inc., and the Ministry of Education. The Colihaut students were able to create mobile apps with MIT tool at the end of their training.
The Mobile Application Development Course held at the Colihaut Primary School. The pupils learnt the coding using two weeks out of their holiday period. They were initially introduced to basic computer science and then mobile development for Android devices. During the presentation of certificates to the students, the Executive Director of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC), Craig Nesty, commended the students for their enthusiasm and excellence at the course.
Nesty challenged the students to do more by striving to deliver a functional app by December 10 to StartUp 767 Inc. in order to win a quality prize. According to him, if they could build a basic app with only 50 hours of holiday training, imagine what they can build between now and December with sustained training.
Inspire Inc. representative, Ezra Blondell, applauded the dedication and excellence of the Colihaut students, saying the training programme should later be expanded to other people in the community.
“Few of the students had any knowledge of coding fundamentals or app development”’ one of the coding tutors, Ms. Raymond, said. “But after only a couple days of instructions, their ability to build a simple application on their own was impressive, the participants themselves were constantly surprised and excited at the things they were able to create and they were always eager to learn more.”
The principal of the Colihaut Primary School was presented with 10 Acer All in One computers by the NTRC. The computers will be stationed at the Community Access Point so that other users can learn coding for the overall benefits of the entire community and possibly the country.
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