Rebecca Howe India's Premier government-owned education for the central Board of secondary education has joined hands with Tech Giant Microsoft to introduce coding and data science in schools this is the first step in implementing a new education policy that was announced in the country last year CBS he said coding will be introduced for classes six to eight and the data science curriculum will be introduced for classes 8 to 12 as new Zeus killing subjects these new subjects will be introduced in the respective classes in the 20 21 to 22 Academy accession India have changed its education policy last year to keep students in tandem with the professional Market the government had argued that coding and data science curriculum focused on building critical thinking computational skills problem-solving skills creativity and Hands-On exposure to new technologies
according to the government the objective of this curriculum is to lay the foundation for data science understanding how data is collected analyzed and how it can be used in solving problems and making decisions Microsoft has designed supplementary handbooks in both coding and data science aligned with ncert patterns and structures CBS he claims that the hand book covers real life examples it also offers exposure to open source platforms that will allow the students to learn better in are in a better manner this is same across all disciplines including mathematics languages social sciences wanted to build the foundation for AI based applications of data science
