AMMAN — The One Million Jordanian Coders Initiative announced on Tuesday a “Coding Communities” competition to scale up youth’s abilities in coding and teach them new skills, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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The initiative is being implemented by the
Crown Prince Foundation (CPF), in partnership with the
Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, and in cooperation with the UAE’s Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future.
According to a statement, the initiative said that the contest brings together groups of school and university students, youth centers and knowledge stations, provides high quality educational opportunities and enables youth to strengthen their skills and boost digital economy in Jordan. The targeted groups can register as of November 2 on the initiative’s social media accounts, a statement from CPF read.
It noted that individuals, host schools, and universities will be competing for three prizes; the first is worth JD5,000 for the top 10 students who submit prototypes in the second phase of a technical project to solve social challenges. The second prize is worth JD3,000 for the top 10 teachers or community leaders, who followed up on the individuals participating in the contest, while the last prize involves giving away 30 computers and tablets to the top three schools, centers, or organizations that hosted the coding community.
The competition will go on until February 2022, and an independent committee of experts will evaluate the projects and announce a winner by March of the same year.
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