“The Digital Skills” project
Date of creation: 2017-2018 academic year
Aim: To achieve a deep mastery of ICT skills by students, to enable students to operate freely and purposefully in the information environment, and to ensure that students are developed as competitive individuals with a logical and non-standard way of thinking.
Information: The project is implemented by the Ministry of Science and Education and an international education company "Algorithmics." By improving the teaching of computer science, the project develops students' algorithmic thinking, logical thinking, and project design skills and teaches them the basics of programming.
Scope: The number of schools covered by the project has been increased to 762, of which 230 are new to the project. The project currently covers 6,000 teachers and 510,000 students in 57 cities and districts across the country.
1,370 students study in 10th-11th grades, which are biased towards “The Digital Skills” project.