We would like to thank the international Bebras community for allowing us to use the tasks they have developed. Bebras is a collective effort of many countries.
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) India has started an education initiative, CSpathshala, to develop a modern computing curriculum and teaching material for K-12.
The primary goal of teaching Computational Thinking is to develop ability to solve problems and express the solution in the form of an algorithm that is precise and can be understood by a human or a machine. Experts feel that this does not require the use of computers and can be taught as a series of interesting, engaging and fun activities. This also overcomes the hurdle of having to learn programming before being able to explore ideas and articulating solutions as algorithms. We want students to realize that they are capable of finding solutions to problems on their own, rather than being given a solution to apply to the problem.
ABOUT TCS
TCS is the global leader in IT services, partnering with clients to strengthen and transform their businesses. TCS CSR group engages in several initiatives like Bridge IT: a youth entrepreneurship program – aimed at bridging the digital divide that prevents those in disadvantaged Indian communities from having access to the digital economy, by providing training, seed funding, technology equipment, software and mentoring to youth in rural and underprivileged communities; Youth Employment program, as part of which students from rural colleges gain in-demand, industry-relevant skills, and receive mentoring by IT professionals over a two-year period, helping them bridge the gap between education and a technology career; Adult literacy program; and many more including education and skilling initiatives like goIT that empowers students with the skills they need to be successful in the digital economy and IMF that offers lesson plans and study materials that weave computational thinking into school core curriculum subjects like math, sciences, and social studies.
Sakal Media Group has been running the Sakal NIE (Newspaper In Education) mainly for School students from the last 16 years. This Programme runs across Maharashtra in Pune,PCMC, Baramati, Satara, Ahmadnagar, Nashik, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Nagpur, Amravati ,Kolhapur, Solapur ,Yavatmal ,Akola city, More than 40000 students from 300 School participate in this activity. The students from Standard 5th to 10th come under this group. We arrange different types of workshops & events under NIE from time to time. Also , Sakal NIE issues are published for writing & reading skill development.also conducted Teacher Training Programm, Parenting workshop.
Again , we prepare the students for their personality development , new technology and to introduce them to the new changing world.