Competition is a fun way to motivate children to learn the code and provide a platform to measure their skills globally.
Emerging technologies such as data science, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have shown their potential in the last few years. They will continue to influence businesses and consumers in the same way in the future. Coding is at the heart of these technologies, and in the future, it could become a skill that will not be limited to information technology.
Lately, coding has become very popular among children, which has resulted in increased awareness of computer science education and increased importance of learning coding at school level. Even the National Education Policy 2020 reaffirms the importance of computer science education in school curricula, with coding being taught as a subject from the middle grade to the inclusion of AI in the relevant grade.
Coding competitions for kids are becoming increasingly popular. Collaborates with school and coding platforms with tech giants like HPE, Google and many more to encourage kids to learn coding worldwide and in age groups. These competitions are a fun way to inspire kids to learn the code and provide a platform to measure their skills worldwide. Parents should also encourage their children to participate in these competitions, as they are designed across age levels and can help build a growth mindset where they view winning and losing positively.
Here are some reasons why kids need to learn through competition:
1. Competition encourages problem solving skills
In coding competitions, quizzes are usually solved within a certain period of time. These competitions, accordingly, begin to become more challenging towards higher grades. This type of competition helps to develop analytical and problem solving skills, which are considered healthy and are recommended by psychologists as brain development exercises for students.
2. Competitive CS learning gamify
Learning gamification is the best way to introduce CS to children, especially early childhood. Learning gamming coding not only helps them to get full attention but also builds their interest in language learning. Python and Java are considered the easiest coding languages for beginners.
Game developing coding competitions allow kids to showcase their creativity in creating interactive games that can then be displayed and played.
3. Prepare children for future real life situations
One of the major benefits of coding competitions is that they try to understand what their future might be like if they follow coding as their profession. It also helps you find the right career path for the future. Accordingly, children can choose their areas of interest from an early age and start working. For example: In competitions organized by technical institutes, students can often win internship opportunities, knowing what their actual coding work might be like. Usually in hackathon students think outside the box to come up with a solution. It encourages ground-up innovation skills.
4. Help kids communicate with like-minded peers and develop teamwork skills
In the presence of the right company, one can constantly learn something new. These competitions also provide a platform for students to compete and interact with their peers, which often encourages and motivates them.
Several large technical organizations organize coding competitions at various levels, inviting schools and colleges to participate and compete with each other at the national and international levels. In addition, group coding competitions allow students to work and compete in teams. It helps them to work as a team and at the same time gives them a sense of unity.
5. Take a quick peek into kids’ learning abilities
Competitions give a quick peek into a child’s learning ability, giving an accurate picture of how well they are learning. In other words, competition-based learning is becoming increasingly popular among edtech players, schools and parents, teachers and students, as it shows the almost immediate impact and results of online learning at the present time.
6. Encourage entrepreneurship at an early age
Being part of the competition helps students to get a taste of what competition can be like in the real world. Competitions provide a platform for students to tackle real-world problems and develop solutions to solve them. Some competitions allow students to earn extra money or even secure a scholarship, giving them a taste of being independent and responsible.