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Sindh Information, Science & Technology Department signed a MOU with Tech Valley Pakistan, a local country partner of Google for Education to launch CS First Phase 4

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Sindh Information, Science & Technology Department signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 25th August 2022 with Tech Valley Pakistan, a local country partner of Google for Education, to launch CS First Phase 4, with the support of Google in Pakistan’s one of the biggest metropolitan cities, Karachi.
Under Phase 4, Tech Valley, collaborated with the Sindh Information, Science & Technology Department to organize training sessions in different government schools in Sindh and equip kids with basic coding knowledge. Under this program, 5 schools were nominated by the Sindh IT Department and a total of 250 students and 100 teachers were trained on Google CS First and Be Internet Awesome program.

Teachers’ Training

A one-day training session was organized in Karachi for all the teachers of 5 schools. The purpose of the one-day training session was to gather these teachers, have their insights and give them a chance to share ideas and their feedback regarding the current computer science curriculum and how CS First can be implemented at their respective schools.
We found out that these schools do not particularly focus on computer science as they do not have a vision regarding incorporating advanced curriculum at schools. Currently, only two lessons per week are conducted as part of their syllabus and repeatedly their learning about the components of a computer. Since there is no planning, every year students go through similar content. The problem is bigger than we can comprehend.

In the session, we did the following activities to help teachers get started with Google CS First Program:

Students Training

Firstly, students were given the introduction of ‘Be Internet Awesome’ which teaches kids the fundamentals of digital citizenship and online safety so they can explore the online world with confidence. Students love to play games and some of the students also completed the Be Internet Awesome Game during the training and were certified as “Be Internet Smart”
Afterwards, the students were provided with the training on Google CS First- Gaming theme and our master trainers made sure that the trained teachers from the previous session were properly utilized, hence each teacher was given a batch of 5 students to keep in check. This helped in clarifying the questions of students and teachers as well as they were given a chance to teach under the supervision of master trainers.
In the end, students were asked interactive questions regarding the lectures and were awarded swags.
Graduation Ceremony

In the session, we did the following activities to help teachers get started with Google CS First Program: