Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III is urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to include teaching computer programming, in the K-12 program in grade school.
Pimentel said “Coding is now an essential skill due to the prevalence of computers in our daily lives. It should be treated like reading, writing, and arithmetic, not just as a career option,”
“By teaching code, we can take advantage of children’s fascination with technology to help them learn mathematical concepts in a manner they find entertaining,” he said.
The Senate chief added that the subject to learn of the grade schoolers “life skills” such as perseverance and problem-solving.
Pimentel said it would also improve the performance of the schools in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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