Palestine Codes (Coding for Children's Rights)

Status:

Completed
Countries:

Palestine
Focus Area:

Digitization
Start date:

2019-02-01
End date:

2019-09-30
Partners and Donors:

GIZ

About the Project:
The project was established as an after-school program for secondary school students and helped them develop the skills, foster the creativity, and receive professional guidance towards learning the language of the future, coding, becoming the innovators of tomorrow driving national and even global change.

Target Audience:
Secondary public school students (West Bank and Gaza)

Methodology:
The project revolved around an intensive introductory workshop to train selected trainers on selected programming curriculums provided by Code Jika. Students then took part in afterschool training to learn the latest coding languages among them Python, JavaScript, HTML, C++, among others. After students developed a proficiency in said programming language they were put into teams to develop coding projects that addressed one or more of the UN’s Children’s rights. Top teams then competed in a nationwide competition featuring judges from local stakeholders, representatives from the ministry of education dn higher education, partners at Code Jika, and our project donors the GIZ.

Results:

•   Reached over 370 students across Palestine
•   Implemented in over 26 public schools.
•   Nine professional trainers recruited.
•   Over 34000 hours of code delivered.

Project Timeline

2019-02-01 - 2019-03-01

Application open for trainers
2019-02-01 - 2019-03-01

Finalize coding curriculum with project partners
2019-03-01 - 2019-04-01

ToT training
2019-03-01 - 2019-04-01

Trainer orientation session
2019-04-01 - 2019-05-01

Selection of schools
2019-05-01 - 2019-07-01

Start training
2019-06-01 - 2019-07-01

Introduce students to the UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child
2019-07-01 - 2017-07-07

Team formation
2019-07-07 - 2019-08-01

Digital project ideation
2019-08-01 - 2019-09-01

Mentorship
2019-09-01 - 2019-09-14

Local competitions
2019-09-21 - 2019-09-21

Final competition
2019-09-21 - 2019-09-21

Award ceremony