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Rabat – Moroccan coding school 1337 ranked first in Africa in the CodinGame Spring Challenge for 2022 which took place from April 21 to May 2.
“Our School has been placed 5th worldwide and 1st in Africa in CodinGame Spring Challenge 2022! Congratulation to our students for doing a wonderful job at this highly competitive event!” 1337 tweeted on Tuesday.
The University of Wroclaw in Poland came first in the challenge — ahead of 42-Paris, the University of Tokyo, and 42-Nice.
More than 18,000 gamers participated in the challenge. Moroccan participant “Twelve0” from school 1337 ranked first in Africa and 51st in the event ahead of his colleagues “5H4dy”,“Hellio”, and “ael-bekk” who completed the challenge in the 64th, 94th, 100th positions in the global ranking.
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The participants master different coding languages such as Java, JavaScript, C, C++, TypesScript, and Python 3
Along with schools, companies from tech-related sectors were represented in the challenge. Winning the top five spots in the companies’ contest were Birdyx, Thales, Samsung SDS, Capgemini, and Meritis.
1337 is Morocco’s first open and free IT training school. It adopts a peer-learning educational approach to encourage youth aged between 18 and 30 to learn coding with prerequisites such as having an IT degree.
Created and sponsored by OCP Group, the school has three campuses across Morocco — in Khouribdga, Ben Guerir, and Tetouan (Med). The three campuses consist of a set of iMacs, green spaces, cultural and sports infrastructures, and meeting rooms. The Ben Guerir office is located at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) as 1337 operates as part of the university.
1337 is also associated with the French school of coding named 42.
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