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gain credibility. We started by partnering
with different local and international
organisations. After which, we integrated
private schools by doing after school classes
and we finally made it to being part of their
core programmes.
“Now, our goal is to sustain ourselves
so that we can be able to create
programmes for under privileged areas
in Tunisia.
“Our plan is to prove ourselves on the
community level, so that we can lobby
on the educational system to make the
necessary changes.”
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Young Tunisian Coders Academy teaches
children about coding and technology
through interactive and engaging
courses and training programmes. It
aims to eliminate the fears and negative
perceptions that many youngsters in
Tunisia have about technology and coding,
instead igniting their interest in a positive
and engaging environment.
“The Academy directly addresses this issue
by providing coding camps for kids which we
have taken across Tunisia,” explained Ghriss.
“We use Scratch, an interactive tool
created by MIT Lab that's easy to use for
a child and that teaches the principles of
progr amming in a gaming and interactive
way. It has been used by our team in
a very successful way to introduce the
children to principles of programming, to
work in teams and to soft skills. Once we
realise that the child has mastered Scratch
with the most important programming
principles, we move towards HTML and
basic Javascript so that they are able to
build a simple website.”
A National Strategic Plan, called Tunisia
Digital 2020, has been set up to develop
digital governance as well as a digital
system for the North African country’s
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