Hi<br><br>I started a similar thread on this a couple of years ago and the split was roughly 50/50 on schools who did/did not have ICT as a CORE subject. There are ICT electives at Yr 8 - 10. Some students come to Monty with good skills and others don't - usually based on the feeder school.<br>
<br>I'm at a school that has NO core at Year 7 and so students can go through their WHOLE high school life without doing ANY ICT with an "expert". I think may parents (and teachers) would be worried if students went through their whole school life without doing food or science or maths or materials or history or ... without an expert teacher, it just got taught as part of the "curriculum" by teachers who felt like it and got around to it and felt comfortable teaching it.<br>
<br>I had a small but difficult Yr 10 semester unit last year. When the VB software wasn't loaded on the system unexpectedly, I thought on my feet and trotted out "spreadsheets" as a topic. I was AMAZED many said "This is the FIRST time we'd done these"!! <br>
<br>I'm sure this new thread will spark a lot of debate!<br><br>Regards<br><br>COLIN SUTTON<br>(IT Monty SC on LSL pending retirement)<br><br>