Aspiring tech whizzes from across Oman can now register for Code with Vodafone, targeting young minds ages 10-13 across the Sultanate with the aim of enabling the rise of the coder generation. The initiative has been designed and executed in partnership between Vodafone Oman and Code Academy, a training institute that specialises in delivering IT and trending technology programmes.
Code with Vodafone is the one of several socially impactful digital initiatives on the company’s horizon. In collaboration with its strategic partners, Vodafone aims to harness technology to bring together individuals, organisations and entities as one, enabling growth and development beyond the telecom industry in Oman.
Sayyid Fahad Abdul Aziz Saud Al-Busaidi, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Vodafone Oman, said: “Code with Vodafone, in partnership with Code Academy, has been formulated to bridge the technical knowledge gap between school and higher education, with longer-term aspirations to build the foundation for the creation of a new vocational career path. Our determination to offer value in Oman is not only restricted to our customers, who benefit from our market-leading products and services – we want to work together with multiple partners to bring about positive change across all sectors of society.”
Catalysed by the latest coding capabilities, Code with Vodafone will offer in-person and online courses to talented young people in problem-solving, programming, cyber security and emerging technologies such as data science and AI in addition to soft skills and innovation. The programme will consist of two phases, a three-week ‘boot camp’, and a one-year online program which will include bi-monthly sessions on coding and will run until July 2024. Vodafone will also provide soft-skill development opportunities and guest speakers for the students. Youth looking to unlock new coding horizons are invited to register for the bootcamp through the Vodafone website until July 27th 2023.
The initiative draws upon Code Academy’s wider curriculum, Future Tech, which comprises three age-based stages educating students from Grades 1-12. It is the brainchild of a group of specialists from the academic and industry sectors that aims to discover the talents of school students, develop their skills and deepen their passion for technology.
Describing the program’s birth, Dr. Mohammed Al-Badawi, Code Academy CEO said, “It is an outcome of more than two years of preparation and development; including reviewing the current education curricula, studying similar programs regionally and internationally, investigating local society needs and global trends in the IT field, and securing the necessary approvals from the concerned governmental bodies.”
He added, “The program does not only provide the knowledge and technical skill, it also includes modules for improving several characteristics of the child’s personality in the problem-solving and critical thinking, communications and presentation, team-work and time management. It is indeed preparing the school-aged students for the post-school studies in the universities and professional institutions.”
Vodafone Oman is dedicating its resources, talents and expertise to design and create opportunities that will digitally empower Omanis to reach their potential. The Company’s socially-impactful initiatives will continue to build on Vodafone’s commitment to Oman, underpinned by a drive to create opportunities for growth and value-generation in line with the nation’s Vision 2040.
For more information on Code with Vodafone and to register, please visit https://www.vodafone.om/codewithvodafone