By Nick Clayton Semiconductor design giant ARM Holdings is to
provide funding and help with mentors for after-school Code
Clubs in the U.K. These enable children to learn the basics of
computer programming through a mostly volunteer-led network. The
clubs are aimed mostly at children aged between nine and 11,
reports Wired. Already set up in 535 schools, the ARM
partnership will allow the club to expand to a total of 1,000
schools by the end of May 2015, allowing more than 15,000 kids
across the UK to learn basic programming skills. The plan is to
then expand to 5,000 schools by the end of 2015 — equivalent to
around 25 percent of UK primary schools. ARM is helping Code
Club by not only providing funding, but also volunteer
developers and mentors to help teach the children. The company
will set up 12 clubs at primary schools around the company’s UK
offices. This is something of a return to its roots for ARM. It
can trace its development back directly to Acorn Computers which
created the BBC Micro B computer t