[yash101]

There are multiple ways to go around with this.
I really suggest to pick people with at least a little bit of programming background, at this moment of time, as we are really close to the new season.

In my programming club, I have it as open enrollment -- anyone can join -- no experience required. Of course, this means that you need to know how to use a computer, and how to install software, for example.

This "open-enrollment" option means that you will tend to spend a lot of time just teaching students the basics of programming.

If you get students that know how to program, even in just a different language, say Python instead of C/C++/Java, they should be able to catch on quite quickly.