Plan to make programming mandatory at schools a step to foster creativity

posted by  banzaitokyo | 9 years, 1 month ago

The Yomiuri ShimbunIt is essential that computer programming to be taught in schools will lead to improving children's ability to think logically and creatively. The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry has decided to make computer programming a compulsory subject at primary schools in fiscal 2020, followed by middle schools in fiscal 2021 and high schools in fiscal 2022.

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