HP Inc. Joins Global Movement to Bring Computer Science Education to Students Around the World

SINGAPORE, Dec 7, 2016 — HP Inc. today announced that
more than 1,000 HP volunteers from offices across the globe are participating
in Hour of Code – one of the largest learning events in history – during
Computer Science Education Week,December 5-11.

While computer science is one of the defining fields of the 21st century,
fewer schools teach computer science today than 10 years ago. HP is helping to
change this by partnering with Code.org to sponsor Hour of Code, which aims to
deliver computer science education to students worldwide.

“Giving students access to computer science education and
getting them excited about potential careers in STEM fields is critical to
fostering the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators,” said Anneliese
Olson, general manager of Personal Systems, HP Asia-Pacific & Japan. “In
Asia-Pacific, HP employees in Singapore, China, Japan, and India are taking
part in Hour of Code. We hope their involvement will spark and nurture
students’ interest in computer science from their early school years.”

Through HP’s participation, the company will introduce primary
and secondary students and teachers to computer science through one-hour
introductory sessions designed to demystify coding and show how easy it is to
learn the basics of computer science. Globally, HP will introduce computer
science to more than 15,000 students.

In Singapore, HP has joined this movement to deliver computer
science education at Fairfield Methodist Primary School on Nov 11. Over 20 HP
volunteers guided about 280 primary four students through 14 levels of coding
in a Minecraft tutorial using HP notebook PCs. Each student received an Hour of
Code certificate of completion and souvenirs at the end of the session.