CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. CBSE has introduced coding as a subject for students, in collaboration with which company? Notes: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has collaborated with tech major Microsoft to launch coding as a subject for students of Class 6-8 and data science subject for Class 8-12.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the ongoing drive for digitalization of schools, the national level education board, CBSE partnered in October 2021 with Microsoft Education and its global training partner, Tech Avant-Garde for training teachers on hybrid learning.

Detailed explanation-3: -CBSE has collaborated with Microsoft to introduce coding for Classes 6 to 8 and the data science curriculum for Classes 8 to 12 as new skilling subjects in the 2021-2022 academic session.

Detailed explanation-4: -Therefore, CBSE is introducing ‘Coding’ as a skill module of 12 hours duration in classes VI-VIII from the Session 2021-2022 onwards. The idea is also to simplify the coding learning experience by nurturing design thinking, logical flow of ideas and apply this across the disciplines.