Tech industry backs government fund for teacher ICT training
£2m fund set aside to provide 16,000 educators with skills required to teach programming
Technology firms including Facebook and Microsoft have welcomed government plans to provide funding for improving the teaching of computer science in schools. Education minister Elizabeth Truss announced...
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