Teacher training colleges hold key to ICT revival

Charlee Gothard
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A shortage of suitably qualified teachers threatens to derail efforts to create a new generation of programmers

Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove’s plan to replace the compulsory, Office-oriented ICT curriculum with a voluntary one more focused on programming and computer science has been welcome...

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