On French primary school kids learning to code

France is the latest country to announce that its primary school kids are learning to code. What I’m interested in is the how and the what of that headline. A quick scan of this announcement showed that it is referring to an optional class offered during students’ extracurricular time rather than embedded in the curriculum itself. I’m guessing this is something like CodeClub, CoderDojo, CodeAcademy territory – just with some solid media announcement and an endorsement from the Minister for Education.

IT World has a little more information – and also references Estonia, Finland, the UK and… Australia as international examples of countries that are tackling tech at young age. Go team! IT World also asks some obvious questions of the French announcement like who will teach the classes and what language/curriculum will form the basis of the classes.