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A number of schools have failed to train their teachers in the government's flagship computing curriculum introduced last year, which was intended to turn Blighty into a nation of coders.
One third of 27 secondary schools teaching kids up to and including GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) level have failed to spend any money training staff in the computing curriculum (on the new Key Stage 3 and 4), according to a number of Freedom of Information responses sent to software company MapR Technologies.
In contrast, the research revealed some schools had spent thousands training staff, indicating a huge disparity between institutions.
The article applies to the UK, but could as easily apply to the United States and elsewhere. How do we teach our kids to code if their teacher's can't code, and can't or won't learn first?
(Score: 2) by seeprime on Saturday September 05 2015, @03:30PM
Tech companies want not only good coders, but passionate ones, or good ones that can't leave easily. They want you to live and breathe coding. That's why there are so many good software engineers out of work. They're good, even great. They just want to take a break occasionally. Businesses today don't want that. They want to own you body and soul. Hence, the desire for more H2B visa workers that are essentially indentured to the company that got them in. Teachers that can code are likely to stay around as teachers. If they are passionate coders, they're leaving anyway for a job that appears more desirable.
(Score: 2) by hash14 on Saturday September 05 2015, @04:52PM
A lot of companies are like this, certainly. But not all of them. For a moment, let's just consider only companies that aren't as you describe - let's only consider companies that treat their workers well with good benefits and work-life balance. My estimate is that there would _still_ be a major worker shortage because there is just such a high demand for the work and a short supply of the workers.
And as poor as the working conditions are that you describe, sometimes teaching positions are just as bad, or still even worse than that. In a world run by lawyers and MBAs, the most important jobs (like those of engineers and teachers) end up with the shittiest work and life conditions.
It's just a very backwards world.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 05 2015, @05:08PM
A lot of good people are also out of work because many companies foolishly demand degrees for jobs which simply should not require them, even in instances where the candidate can demonstrate their skills and understanding of the topic.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06 2015, @01:19AM
This is beyond true. I had a good friend of mine apply for a recruiting position. She was abused by the interviewer because she only had an associates degree.... U need a fuckin Bachelors to use the telephone and search on linkedin apparently lol.