Friday, March 29, 2024

Accenture expands coding tutorial to 15 languages including Filipino

For the fourth consecutive year, tech outsourcing firm Accenture is teaming up with Code.org to support “Hour of Code”, a global educational movement that reaches over 100 million students through a one-hour introduction to computer science.

This year, in conjunction with Computer Science Education Week (December 3-9), Accenture is expanding its coding tutorial across 15 languages — English, Filipino, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Vietnamese — to bring coding to more students around the world through lessons in their native languages.

Nearly 2,500 Accenture employees have committed to teach an hour of code at local events in their communities, helping to inspire more than 100,000 students around the world to learn coding and computer science skills.

“As disruptive technologies advance and have a growing impact on society, a significant skills gap is also growing — so much so that already millions of jobs requiring STEM skills are unfilled worldwide,” said Paul Daugherty, Accenture’s chief technology and innovation officer and “chief coder.”

“It is critical that we equip today’s students — tomorrow’s workforce — with not just these skills, but also an understanding of how they can harness creativity and innovation to improve the way the world works and lives.”

Accenture is building on the success of last year’s launch of the Accenture Intelligent Space Exploration, a coding tutorial in which students discover how artificial intelligence (AI) techniques can be applied to teach a robot to explore a new planet — recognizing animals and plants, understanding a new language, and conversing with inhabitants. Approximately 110,000 individuals have participated in the tutorial since its debut.

Accenture’s global commitment to provide more opportunities for students to learn to code supports the company’s “Skills to Succeed” corporate citizenship initiative, which addresses urgent workforce needs around the world — including preparing the next generation with the skills to work in the digital economy.

In the Philippines, Accenture is organizing Hour of Code sessions for over 450 grade school students from public and private schools across its sites in Metro Manila, Cebu, and Ilocos. As part of its corporate citizenship commitment, Accenture in the Philippines is rallying its more than 50,000 employees to participate and volunteer in company-wide Hour of Code sessions as well as create their own coding events.

“We are excited to support Hour of Code once again as part of our corporate citizenship commitment to drive digital upskilling and equip our next generation of Filipino talent with coding skills. Through Hour of Code, we can help our students build a strong foundation for success in the digital age in a fun and creative way,” said Lito Tayag, country managing director, Accenture in the Philippines.

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