The government will attempt to reverse the declining numbers of young people studying computing at school through a broader programme of study of the subject that retains its core principles. This ...

EDUCATION secretary Michael Gove said last week that information communications technology (ICT) students are ‘bored out of their minds’, as he announced plans to scrap the computing curriculum.

According to officials, the revised programme will retain the core principles of computer science, including programming, algorithms and problem-solving, while expanding its focus to include data ...