Coding is an important skill in its own right, and one that can build logical and problem-solving abilities. This is the second year of Google’s “Call to Code” online coding competition for post-primary students.
It’s open to students aged 13 to 18 and, last year, 2,500 of them from across 268 schools took part.
The competition includes logic puzzles and programming tasks designed for junior and senior level cycles.
Fionnuala Meehan, head of Google's education committee, says that coding is for everyone, male and female.
“Successful coding is about logic: if you can think logically, you can code. We want to provide teachers with an outlet for students who are already enthusiastic about coding and encourage more to try it out; Call to Code is designed to support teachers in encouraging students to code and study computer science.”
Students and schools should register before noon on November 23rd at CallToCode.ie. Students should then access the resources on the site, from beginner to advanced level, to practise their coding skills.
The first round of the competition, involving coding puzzles set by Google engineers, will take place on November 24th, with the final held in Dublin on December 9th.
Winners will get prizes, as will teachers with the largest number of students registered in the competition.
