Hi all<br><br>My school, Montmorency SC, has NO compulsory ICT!<br><br>A student can go through 6 years of schooling here and do NO formal IT.<br><br>No other school I have ever taught in (2 in Vic, 3 in QLD and 4 in the UK) have ever had this!
<br><br>It seems unbelievable that in the Information Age students are not formally taught ANY ICT.<br><br>They have to learn another language, do wood, metal, cooking and sewing - useful and even essential - but the ONE thing none of them can avoid is ICT!
<br><br>Sure, many can play games and surf to sites, but they are not formally taught a wide range of other useful or essentail skills.<br><br>Schools I have taught in elsewhere had at least one semester of ICT at Year 7 (Yr 8 in QLD as secondary starts in Yr8).
<br><br>Most had an elective system that required them to do at least ONE or more units at 8/9 or even again in Yr 10.<br><br>Comments anyone?<br><br> <br>Regards<br><br>COLIN