Introducing so many subjects in school is for the purpose of creating the opportunity for every child to have the basic knowledge of each subject, whereby they began to draft into a choice of field they later make in life. This is why the primary and secondary school levels which every child 👦 goes through is called basic and the most important . A beginners foundation that leads to something big later in life.
This levels of education where many subjects are introduced and are made compulsory in schools does not mean that every child who passed through these subjects will end up studying 📚 each an every one of them becomes as pupils turns into students, they began to choose their area of study which is known as choice of study or major.
Many who have pass through all these subjects, might have decided to read science 🧬, others art or even education. Its a thing of interest or choice for those who has focus and knows their calling. But so many who lost focus most times ends up choosing the wrong course . This is where most problems lies.
Tech in the earlier years was what many never see as something big due to how then it appears as if its only made for just few brains 🧠 that feels smart. Then tech was basically centered on programming that was not rampant until the boom 💥 of innovation that took tech to a new groundbreaking inventions especially that which is done through coding.
Looking into how things are progressing in recent times, coding and programming seem to be the one top notch center of attraction where those in tech and tech -savvy keep surprising the world 🌍. We have continued to see constant inventions and most of them are through coding which keeps solving problems of all kinds.
I was so fascinated when my daughter started coding after her secondary school 🏫. While waiting for her University Admission, she decided to apply for an Online Coding Course, and was very happy when she was accepted. This very course ran for six months and at the end she was offered a certificate. This very move made her to completely change her mind to studying 📚 Artificial Intelligent And Coding instead of her former intended Electrical Electronics.
If Coding And Tech has been part of her early years secondly school 🏫 subject, she would have known her area of focus while choosing what to major in. Although I could say she was lucky to have decided immediately to change her course and what she deemed fit for her future, but many children keep missing out in cases like this.
With this very question: Should Coding and programming be made compulsory for every child in school? I see Tech as something that has changed many peoples lives and will keep changing. Those who are in tech field are those who has seen something special in it. But making it compulsory in schools will not be the best since some will adapt while other that are not for tech will not, especially at that tender age. They will not see the value of having some digital knowledge unless those with interest. Making it compulsory will affect those who might have interest in other areas of study 📚.
However, it is very important to know that every child will not become a professional in tech but having some basic knowledge will help many to maneuver some personal technical issues in life And for those who will want to choose coding and programming as early as possible, will definitely achieve a faster root to success since the world 🌍 is being ruled by programming.
This is my response to the #hiveleaners featured content for week 167, edition 03, tagged “CODING AND TECH”.
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