A LEADING international computing expert has called for the subject to be given the same prominence as physics, chemistry and mathematics in Scotland's schools.
Ian Livingstone, who co-authored an influential report on the future of the UK gaming industry, believes computer science is as important to education now as Latin was to previous generations. He said teaching all pupils in Scotland – and the rest of the UK – how to programme computers, from primary school upwards, would be of huge benefit to the future economy.
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