CHILDREN across England aged 5 to 14 began a new coding-focused computing curriculum this week, emphasising the skills the government believes universities and employees will value the most. But it isn’t going to happen here in Wales for at least another four years. Although a few schools in Wales already teach computer coding, the fact that it is not on the curriculum will mean uneven opportunities for Welsh kids. Enthusiasm from IT companies for the new curriculum is unsurprising. I have sympathy with our Welsh teachers if we were to add even more compulsory subjects to the curriculum. But as a stopgap, could we not free up some space and give parents (and our children) a choice. As a start, how about letting them choose between Welsh or Computer Studies! I think I know what the majority of parents might choose.
Steve Delahaye, Bassaleg Road, Newport
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