HT Codathon: Coding Olympiad ended after two months of hard work, 13,000 students trained

The largest coding Olympiad ‘HT Codethan’ was completed two months later with the announcement of the names of 4 winners and 8 runners up. The Grand Finale result was produced on December 19, which was announced on Wednesday. The Delhi government, in partnership with Hindustan Times, provides coding training to about 13,000 students of its schools.

Nearly 61,000 registrations from 10,000 schools were registered at this grand event. HTML Codathon has designed a platform for students in grades 6 to 9 to learn coding languages ​​like HTML, CSS and Python. The grand finale of the event was held on Wednesday, attended by Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of the Delhi government, Tuhina Pandey, Communication Leader at IBM India and South Asia, Shailaja Jaishankar, Assistant Curriculum Director for IBM India QMath and CSR South Asia. Head Manoj Balachandran and HT Media Executive Director Rajiv Beatra were also present.

In this case, the experts emphasized the importance of coding to the younger generation and stated that coding helps the new generation to think constructively and logically. Experts point out that there are many skills that are demanded in existing jobs, but that are lost over time. Coding is a skill at the same time that always brings new opportunities. By learning coding at this young age, students will be ready for jobs that are not even in the current market environment.

In this event, 400 finalists competed against each other in tests, evaluations and projects and this time they were trained by technical experts. Students in grades 6 through 8 taught Web site design skills through HTML, CSS, and JS. At the same time, students from 8th to 9th grade were trained in game development through Python. Meanwhile, students tested their coding skills by answering questions on the official website of HT Codathon.

Deputy Prime Minister Manish Sisodia congratulated all the students who participated in the event and said, “This journey of learning coding will continue even after the campaign is over.” Of the top 100 students in the competition, 62 were from Delhi and 28 were from Delhi government schools. Manish Sisodia said, “It is a great success that students can interact with machines like this, get trained through coding and become familiar with machines.”

Education Minister Manish Sisodia said, “Joining this Olympiad is a big challenge for students of government schools, but I am satisfied that 28 out of the top 100 students come only from Delhi government schools.” “Coding helps students develop a process of thinking about the seriousness and basics of logical thinking,” he said.

“Artificial Intelligence (AI) operations are at the next level,” said Manan Khurma, CEO and co-founder of QMAT. In a data-driven world, where coding and mathematics are already together, we need to make sure this skill is definitely present in students. We want children to learn math and coding the same way they learn language. “

Here are the Northern Zone winners: Winners are categorized into two categories – North and South. Six students from each zone were announced as winners, including two sub-categories (website development with HTML) and (game development with Python). Akshat Sharma of DAV Public School Faridabad has been announced as the winner of the website development from North Zone, while Ashi Bansal and Aarusha Bansal of Greater Noida are the first and second runners up respectively. Delhi Public School student Navya Garg RK Puram won the first prize in the game development category. However, Siddharth Agarwal and Rushil Goyal are the first and second runners-up respectively.

Here are the winners of the Southern Region: From the South Zone, Kush Vatavia of St. Gregorious School, Mumbai won the Website Development category. Sauerish Bihani and Manav Purohit were selected as the first and second runners-up respectively. In addition, Akash Patil of Mumbai’s DAV Public School Police Station was the winner in the game development category while Aaron Daniel Davis and Keshav Mohta were selected as the first and second runners-up respectively.

As the first prize in the competition, the winner was given a smartwatch with an i5 processor laptop. The first runner-up was given an i3 processor laptop and the second runner-up was given an AMD processor laptop. In addition, all 12 winners were awarded the Hindustan Times Workshop Certificate and the winning certificate. In addition, the other 50 students participating in the event were presented with a gift and certificate by IBM, the sponsor.

On this occasion, HT Media Executive Director Rajiv Beatra said, “HT CodeThan has given these students the opportunity to learn coding and participate in the Olympiad which will help them improve their skills and prepare them for the future.

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