15,000 school students to be trained under Oman national youth programme – ZAWYA

  • Date: 23-Jan-2020
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:Oman
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15,000 school students to be trained under Oman national youth programme – ZAWYA

Muscat: 15,000 male and female students from all the governorates and schools of Oman will receive training under the National Youth Programme for Skills Development.. According to Al Mahrouqi, the programme consists of an online learning journey that introduces students to both online learning and to computational thinking by teaching them programming using Python coding language.. "Students will access a digital platform developed for the programme in both Arabic and English," added the Oman News Agency.. The projects will be evaluated by a team of international experts, and the 200 students with the best work will be invited to participate in the final state of the National Youth Programme for Skills Development.. The National Youth Programme for Skills Development is one of a series of interlinked national human capital investment initiatives by the Diwan of Royal Court..