A Nation of Coders?
Our world is becoming increasingly digital. It is increasenly driven by data. It is increasenly becoming aware of cybersecurity. Things are moving to the Cloud. Things are moving towards software. So you would be thinking that nations would be investing heavly in creating a workforce of the future, and one which could code naturally. Why not get kids coding at the earliest stage possible, and let them code within the subjects. To me, it is like the calculator in the 1980s, and where many topics changed in their adoption of electronic methods. But for computer science at school?
Well, the lastest results are out for N5 topics in Scotland, and Computer Science shows one of the largest falls of all the topics:
A fall of 2.2% is not great for a topic which should be competing the other science subjects, and especially in the opportunties for gaining employment. Subjects such as: Dance, Classical Studies, Economics, Spanish, Practical Woodworking, and Sociology all show double digit rises, which may show worrying signs that pupils are selecting subjects not for future propects for careers.
But, surely it gets better at Higher level, and where some of the less academic subjects get dropped for…
