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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Julie Henry

BIZARRE: Time to make computing skills mandatory in schools - What They Never Told You

With a general election in the offing there seems to be at least one consensus emerging from the two main political parties – something needs to be done about young people’s digital skills.

Demand for IT acumen is growing across all industries and businesses as the digital economy extends to touch very aspect of life. Yet secondary pupils currently receive about an hour of computing lessons a week and can drop the subject at the age of 14.

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