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Saudi National Coding Competition: An innovative initiative using Discovery Education

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 17th December 2019 – Last week an ambitious group of students spent a total of 558,000 minutes creating coding applications at the Saudi National Coding Competition using the Discovery Education Coding Platform.

The event took place on the 8th – 9th December in Riyadh with over 17,450 registered students and four weeks of electronic rounds.

Below are some noteworthy statistics from the event:

  • 627,000 total minutes coding lessons
  • 558,000 total minutes creating coding applications
  • 40,032 number of applications submitted to the competition

We’re incredibly proud to have been a part of this initiative in collaboration with the Saudi Ministry of Education, MCIT, and TETCO.[:ar]Last week an ambitious group of students spent a total of 558,000 minutes creating coding applications at the Saudi National Coding Competition using the Discovery Education Coding Platform.

We’re incredibly proud to have been a part of this initiative held in Riyadh last week in collaboration with the Saudi Ministry of Education, MCIT, and TETCO.

The event took place on the 8th – 9th December with 32 students divided into eight groups solving challenges using the Discovery Education Coding Platform.

Below are the final statistics from the event:
• 4 weeks of electronic rounds
• 17,450 registered students
• 558,000 total minutes creating coding applications
• 627,000 total minutes coding lessons
• 40,032 number of applications submitted to the competition