Experts warn that IT education is in urgent need of an overhaul

Dawinderpal Sahota
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Of the 28,787 qualified teachers in the UK, just three hold a degree in computing

IT leaders from enterprises across a range of industries were united today in a call for schools and education authorities to urgently address problems with the way IT is being taught to UK childre...

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