Mumbai-based K-12 EdTech firm, LEAD, has launched its mobile-based coding and computational skills (CCS) program for Classes 1 to 8 across all its 2,000+ partner affordable private schools in Tier II cities and towns, and above.

The CCS program is a best-in-class mobile-friendly program that revolutionizes computer classes in schools and trains students with 21st century skills at an early age.

Coding has always been a part of a classroom set-up with students being trained in computer labs. But with schools closed due to lockdown, students can use the LEAD app on their mobile phones to attend the CCS program online.

The announcement is in line with the National Education Policy 2020 that underscores the importance of digital literacy and technology in schools, including training students in coding skills at early grade levels. The program aims to deliver a robust curriculum to help students improve critical thinking and other cognitive faculties, and enable them to explore new and exciting opportunities in their educational and career paths.

“With an objective to transform the old computer science curriculum, we were the first to introduce CCS in schools. However, after the second wave hit us and online schooling gained momentum, there was a real challenge to take high quality CCS to middle income families who don’t have a dedicated computer for their child. So we developed India’s first ever coding program that can be learnt over a mobile phone. This initiative truly democratizes access to coding and computational skills and propels our children into a new world of opportunities,” said Sumeet Mehta, Co-founder and CEO, LEAD.

The program combines the ‘Use, Think, Build’ approach with excellent curriculum and accessible technology that helps students make practical use of software programs to design and build websites, games, apps, and much more.