Government: School ICT programmes 'need reform'

The government has backed calls to change the way schools teach ICT, saying that the current programme is "in need of reform".
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) responded to the Next Gen report published by Ian Livingston and Alex Hope earlier this year, which criticised UK schools for failing to teach students programming code.
"The Government recognises that the current ICT programme is insufficiently rigorous and in need of reform," noted the response published today, going on to point out that a review of the national curriculum was launched in January this year.
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However, the government is wary of including specific skills like coding in the curriculum, saying t... »read more

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