UK Government ICT Strategy
Do they have one?
(GBR) After our first podcast interview with a politician yesterday, there appeared two articles about UK governments’ ICT strategy.
The first article relates to a decision to scrap the proposed compulsory computer tests for 14 year olds. It will still exist but as an ongoing assessment which wont appear in any league tables.
The second article focusses on the pledge to enable 800,000 pupils internet access outside of the school context to close the digital divide. The government says its spending on school information and technology equipment has risen six-fold since 1998—from €112m to €801m this year.
So there exists an obvious commitment to provide access, a sizable investment on infractructure and equipment plus the need to frame this in some kind of quantifiable assessment. Although there does not seems a comprehensive strategy, or am I wrong? Does the UK government have an ICT strategy? Do you know of one? I’m really finding it hard to discover where digital literacy sits within the goervnmental context—Can you help? If so, get in touch.
BBC article and image source: Pupils get home internet access and School computer test scrapped
