Campaign “Hour of code” to be held in Russia on December 4-12

The campaign “Hour of code” will be held in Russia on December 4-12. 10, 000 pupils will take part in the biggest educational event in IT industry. The campaign will be supported by Russian Ministry of Education and Science and Ministry of Communications and Mass Media. The partners of the campaign are “Kaspersky laboratory”, “1C”, “VKontakte”, “Microsoft”, “Acronis”, “Zeptolab” and “Dnevnik.ru”.

The campaign is aimed at attracting pupils’ attention to IT, one of the most prospective industries today. Special informatics lessons will be held at all Russian schools, where teachers will tell about IT and opportunities of professional development in this sphere.