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Date of Event
Wednesday 18th January, 2012


The Education Secretary announces a consultation on his proposal to remove ICT from the national curriculum.
Key documentation
Event information
Date: Wednesday 18th January, 2012
What: Written ministerial statement to Parliament
Who: The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
Organisation: Department for Education (2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government)
Secretary of State for Education at the time: Michael Gove (11 May 2010 - 15 July 2014) Conservative
Subject: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Area: Curriculum Development
Description: N/A
News reporting


School ICT to be replaced by computer science programme
Published 11 January 2012
The current programme of information and communications technology (ICT) study in England's schools will be scrapped from September, the education secretary has announced.
It will be replaced by an "open source" curriculum in computer science and programming designed with the help of universities and industry.
Link to the BBC article & video


Michael Gove brands ICT curriculum a mess
Wednesday 11 January 2012 14:58
Written by Alison Kershaw
Click on the link below to read the article
Independent news article


A manifesto for teaching computer science in the 21st century
Sat 31 Mar 2012 20.15 BST
To: Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education
Subject: Proposals for rebooting the ICT curriculum
Guardian news article