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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: 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.