There is, however, a serious shortage of Computing specialist teachers and of easy to use, inspirational classroom-ready Computing material.
They struggle to convince their school senior management of the need for more Computing within the ICT curriculum.
Ensuring everyone can be an intelligent user of IT is vital. However, being an accomplished IT user is not the same as having a basic understanding of the principles of Computing.
There is a serious problem with the way we are educating our young people about Computing. The majority of students leave school actively disliking what they mistakenly believe to be Computing. As a result applications to UK University Computer Science courses have collapsed by 60% since 2000, yet the demand for software professionals across the EU has grown