Renewed emphasis on computer education raises questions for teachers
- College of Education
- Hit3978
- 2017-10-26
Computer programming is getting another chance, as information and communications technology grows and coding education will be compulsory by 2018. The growing application rate for computer-related majors at Seoul universities and the number of students who learn computer programming are evidence of this trend. These days, a growing number of liberal arts graduates are also learning coding.
As of last year, there were 1,217 information and computer teachers in 2,934 middle schools nationwide, which is an average of 0.4 teachers per school.
“As more schools hire computer teachers, some of our graduates have left Samsung or LG to teach at schools,” said Kim Jae-hyun, a professor of computer education at Sungkyunkwan University. “Universities need to increase their number of computer-related majors to match demand by the time coding education becomes compulsory in 2018.