Scrapping ICT GCSE 'was a mistake' finds education and IT skills report

Peter Gothard
Peter Gothard
clock 12 October 2016 •
Scrapping ICT GCSE 'was a mistake' finds education and IT skills report

Should have been kept alongside new coding-focused qualification argues CREST paper

A new report on the UK government's November 2015 decision to scrap ICT at GCSE and A-Level has collected opinions arguing that scrapping basic ICT was "a mistake" and that the education system would be...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

Peter Gothard
Author spotlight

Peter Gothard

View profile
More from Peter Gothard

Sixty per cent of enterprise security lacks signatures for new threats

Marriott hack: 60 per cent of cyber attacks now involve multiple targets in one organisation warns Carbon Black

More on Security

Cloud security must switch from short term reactions to strategic planning
Security

Cloud security must switch from short term reactions to strategic planning

Greg Day of Palo Alto warns not to forget about security in the face of disruption

Computing Staff
clock 21 September 2021 • 3 min read
Boris Johnson and ministers allegedly breached security guidance over private messages for 'unclear' reasons
Security

Boris Johnson and ministers breached security guidance over private messages 'on an industrial scale'

The breaches are said to be 'on an industrial scale'

Dev Kundaliya
clock 20 September 2021 • 3 min read
Met Commissioner: Tech giants are making it harder to identify and stop terrorists
Security

Met Commissioner: Tech giants are making it harder to identify and stop terrorists

Law enforcement tends to distrust anything that makes their job harder, but end-to-end encryption enjoys huge public support

Dev Kundaliya
clock 13 September 2021 • 2 min read