Education officials descended on Holy Trinity High in Torbay on Monday to kick off Computer Science Education Week in the province.
Minister Tom Osborne was joined by Zach Green, co-founder of local tech firm Mysa for the event.
Holy Trinity is one of the 14 schools taking part in the Technology Career Pathways program first announced in late 2020.
Under the pilot program, there are 390 grade 10 students registered for Computer Science 1204 as they progress through their high school years.
Holy Trinity computer science teacher Brett MacDonald knows all about the program’s potential, but says the in-person star power of Mysa’s Zach Green never hurts.
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He says Green is a perfect role model for students to realize that it is possible to forge a very successful career path in the tech industry without leaving the province.
TechNL estimates that the current capacity for software development graduates from all sources in the province currently meets only 10 to 15 per cent of the industry’s projected skill needs.
