In an interview with Hindustan Times Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia stressed that coding is the need of the hour. The Delhi government which, which had introduced scratch level coding in school curriculums in the early phase of 2020, took it to the next level by partnering with Hindustan Times Codeathon in the same year. Thousands of government school students in the capital benefited from the initiative. As part of the Codeathon campaign, students went through self-learning modules on HTML, CSS and Python. Sisodia, who holds the education portfolio, spoke on the importance of coding in a digital economy, encouraging more students to learn coding, and the way forward.