125 schoolchildren join computer programming competition
Source: Alice Middle East
The Peninsula
Computer science took centre stage at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) as 125 students from government and international schools came together to showcase their programming skills.
The Alice Middle East Programming Competition was held for schools who are using the Alice Middle East software to learn computing. Twelve government and international schools use Alice Middle East for their Information Communication Technology (ICT) courses. For the 2017-18 academic year, CMU-Q and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education are preparing to roll out the programme in all Qatar schools that teach ICT.
“As more schools use Alice Middle East, students in Qatar will continue to develop the concrete skills they will need for their careers,” said Ilker Baybars, dean and CEO of CMU-Q.
The students developed their Alice projects in the classroom and presented to the judges on competition day. Teams were judged on creativity, oral presentation skills, and use of motion, design, camera and sound.
The judges represented academic and business organisations in Qatar, including the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Ministry of Transportation and Communication, Qatar Computing Research Institute, College of the North Atlantic-Qatar, Education Above All (EAA) and Foresight.
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