Why Python in standard XII curriculum?

Why Python in standard XII curriculum? 12th Std - CS EM Python Interleaf - - Learning Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to: • Appreciate the use of Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for creating Python programs. • Work in Interactive & Script mode for programming. • Create and assign values to variables. • Understand the concept and usage of different data types in Python. • Appreciate the importance and usage of different types of operators (Arithmetic, Relational and Logical) • Creating Python expression (s) and statement (s). Introduction . Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum from CWI (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica) which is a National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science in Netherlands. The language was released in I991. Python got its name from a BBC comedy series from seventies- “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”. Python supports both Procedural and Object Oriented programming approaches. Key features of Python . It is a general purpose programming language which can be used for both scientific and non-scientific programming. It is a platform independent programming language. The programs written in Python are easily readable and understandable.