As part of the continued drive of the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to train one million Lagos residents to code through the CodeLagos initiative, the State Government has scaled up its coding centres from 193 schools last year to 275 for the new term including 10 public centres.

This is just as the Government announced the opening of the registration portal for the 3rd batch of the Out-of-School programme for interested members of the public from Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh in a statement on Wednesday said the present administration was committed to the vision of the CodeLagos programme geared towards making Lagos State the technology frontier in Africa by empowering people with skills needed to create and take advantage of the opportunities a tech-driven economy proffers.

He said, “We are excited to announce that the programme is expanding. We have scaled up the numbers of our coding centres, from 193 schools last year to 275 this term; and we have plans to keep scaling up. Out of the 275 schools, 130 of those are Government schools while 145 are private schools. We have already trained over 250 facilitators to deliver the Coding Framework to students in these schools. As a State, we are doing this so that more students can benefit from this free training.

“As we speak, Coding classes for the 2nd Batch of the CodeLagos Out-of-School programme are ongoing, with over 500 students learning in four different centres namely Herbert Macaulay Library, Yaba; Isolo Public Library, Isolo, Ilupeju Public Library, Ilupeju and the Onikan Youth centre, Onikan, Lagos Island. “For the next cycle, we have added six new centres to widen the reach of the programme and accommodate more lagosians who want to learn to code. The new centres include; Ikeja Secretariat Library, Ikeja GRA.; Ipaja Public Library, Akowonjo; and Meiran Public Library, Meiran. Other centres are the e-Read Africa Learning Centre, Surulere and the Methodist Primary School, Ikorodu.”

Bank-Olemoh said residents within these locations and environs can now have access to free coding classes, while urging interested candidates to register by visiting the CodeLagos website at www.codelagos.org.

According to him, the programme which will run for six weeks will expose the trainees to courses in Java and Python programming languages as well as HTML and CSS for Web development. In a related development, Bank-Olemoh said that coding classes commenced in primary and secondary schools on Monday April 23, adding that the in-school programme holds in both Government and Private schools in the Six Educational Districts in the State. The CodeLagos Out-of-School programme is open to Lagos residents who are 16 years and older, and not enrolled in any primary and secondary school in the State.

wellmax:
Wonderful. This is a commendable initiative

SleakBuzzPR:
You can't forcefully produce another Mark Zuckerberg...

Though it's a nice initiative. But Lagos State Govt truly hopes one of this kids will build something worth billions so they could tax the living daylights our of it eventually.

That aside....as a programmer. I can tell you it takes more than writing codes to succeed in the tech industry.

You might not even know Jack about codes and still succeed in tech. It all revolves around your reasoning ability and the virtual product you are able to develop.

Argue with me at your own peril....

KOPT33:


If you aren't the biggest fool Nigeria has produced so far I'd be shocked.

SleakBuzzPR:
You can't forcefully produce another Mark Zuckerberg...

Though it's a nice initiative. But Lagos State Govt truly hopes one of this kids will build something worth billions or attract a million dollar investment from foreign firms so they could tax the living daylight out of it eventually.

Do you think any child will make a breakthrough and will be allowed to leave just like that without dropping something?

That aside....as a programmer. I can tell you it takes more than writing codes to succeed in the tech industry.

You might not even know Jack about codes and still succeed in tech. It all revolves around your reasoning ability and the virtual product you are able to develop.

Argue with me at your own peril....

SleakBuzzPR:


I could write 256 lines of code in ruby language to explain how worthless you are...

Sheuns:


Correct one brotherly. If the aim is to get the next Marks, Gates, Bezoz it may not work. Programming is more than writing and reading codes, it's your ability to think creatively and solve problems using tech.

KOPT33:



8 lines of Python will automatically search and locate your school, and then, initiate a refund request for your education.

SleakBuzzPR:
You can't forcefully produce another Mark Zuckerberg...

Though it's a nice initiative. But Lagos State Govt truly hopes one of this kids will build something worth billions or attract a million dollar investment from foreign firms so they could tax the living daylight out of it eventually.

Do you think any child will make a breakthrough and will be allowed to leave just like that without dropping something? They frankly wouldn't mind taxing the successful beneficiaries till they go broke. After all you owe them the millions that went into the budget for this program.

That aside....as a programmer. I can tell you it takes more than writing codes to succeed in the tech industry.

You might not even know Jack about codes and still succeed in tech. It all revolves around your reasoning ability and the virtual product you are able to develop.

Argue with me at your own peril....

KOPT33:



8 lines of Python will automatically search and locate your school, and then, initiate a refund request for your education.

Noel1:
I wonder o. What happens after they might have learned to code in a country like ours? Nothing! Just a new set of broke programmers soliciting for #5000 blog design projects on Nairaland?

SleakBuzzPR:


You tried to prove your English is good but, you keep misusing comma

If "comma" was a girl. She would slap the living daylight outta you.

It's your type that never waits for extra lesson after school. Baboon

Sheuns:


Correct one brotherly. If the aim is to get the next Marks, Gates, Bezoz it may not work. Programming is more than writing and reading codes, it's your ability to think creatively and solve problems using tech.

KOPT33:



I earn money from writing, and I can assure you my commas are spotless. Try again.


You obviously have no inkling about the parenthetical uses of commas or the need to set off parenthetical conjunctions i.e "and then" using commas. Now, would you please, go fix up your periods and leave the extraneous capitalizations out?

Noel1:
Additionally, its your ability to connect with the like minded people, source for investors and be a marketing wiz... Being a code monkey is 1% of what I see in most of the successful programmers. THE CODE MONKEYS ARE BEHIND THE SCREEN STREAMING OUT THE CODES FOR THEM....

SleakBuzzPR:


God bless your insight. Abeg tell them...

graciously2013:
Python, Java, html and css for 6 weeks. Is alright