Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday launched the ‘Learn to Code’ programme by handing over Raspberry Pi computer kits to school students at a function held at North Paravur near here.Similar functions were simultaneously organised in all the 14 districts in the State, to distribute Raspberry Pi kits to selected students. IT and Industries Minister P K Kunhalikutty addressed the audience via video link from Malappuram, and Education Minister P K Abdu Rabb from Kasargod. “India’s total IT export is more than Rs 5,40,000 crore, to which Kerala’s contribution is a meager Rs 4,000 crore. This is despite the fact that a large proportion the IT professionals are Malayalis, working mostly outside the State. We missed the IT bus when the first technology wave hit India. Now, is the time to regain those lost years,” the Chief Minister said.
