Thanks to social media, it is very easy for people to express their displeasure over something. After the Vodafone-Idea merger started Vi ads on TV, netizens took to Twitter to express how annoying they were. Now there is another ad that has not got well with the viewers, it is WhiteHat Jr's ad on coding for kids. The ad shows a little one who has developed his own app at a young age by learning coding on WhiteHat Jr platform, while investors rushing in to make an investment. Now, those who are into the profession know that it is a tough task to learn coding and it is too early to start for kids. The ad is facing flak online but some people have gone ahead and made memes and jokes on the ad's concept.

White Hat Jr. is an edutech startup which was recently acquired by BYJU's another leading education technology firm. WhiteHat Jr focuses on imparting coding lessons for kids. One of their TV commercial shows, a group of people as "investors" fighting to invest in an app created by a young boy Chintu. The neighbour expresses shock as to how the little one can make an app, when the WhiteHat Jr plug in flashes along. It stresses that every child in India can now learn coding by taking classes from home. The ads keep playing in between the IPL matches as well. Also, the age limit for enrolling starts at 6, which has not gone well with some people. As people called out to their ads and spamming, others trolled them with funny memes and jokes.

Check Tweets About WhiteHat Jr Ads:

Get Rid of The Ads

Your Kids Don't Need Coding

Let Kids Be

Ouch

Coders in Real Life

Engineers to Chintu

What The Kids Will Learn

We as Kids

HAHAHA

Taking Away Jobs

Here is the Ad in Case You Haven't Seen:

What do you think? At a time when kids already have to deal with so much of competitive environment daily, some parents may enroll their children to learn this as well. But it is a matter of choice and understanding whether the same skills would come in handy say a decade later from now. With technology constantly evolving and new programs coming in, how effective and relevant will these coding classes be. It is not a decision that is forced by the ad but people are not really keen with the entire idea of getting kids of such young age into coding.

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