As most students throughout the province continue to learn from home, the BC Government is launching a new program designed to teach computer programming to kids.
“Students need programs that will lead to 21st-century careers,” said Rob Fleming, Minister of Education.
“With new access to live, weekly workshops from across the country through Canada Learning Code, B.C. students can expand their coding education, while learning from experts through real-time programs.”
Available on Keep Learning BC, Canada Learning Code offers free workshops that students and educators can access that help students as young as nine years old learn how to code in different forms including creating websites, online games, and art.
Canada Learning Code is also planning a virtual coding conference that students will be able to take part in this summer.
Since it was launched, Keep Learning BC has been visited by more than 286,300 unique users.
Online coding lessons can be found on Keep Learning BC’s website.