The Straits Times estimates the cost of training 3,000 children to be “at least $1 million going by the existing rates for coding lessons”. Schools like Computhink charge $296 for a 6-hour “Minecraft ...

The volunteer-run CoderDojo Denver is doing just that with free sessions for children ages 7 to 18, although co-founder Ann Spoor said that one girl who joined at age 6 is progressing quite nicely.

The lessons are run in two-hour sessions, and cover coding through programming language Scratch, creating games and brushing up on basic ICT skills.

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