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Lack of Coding Skills May Lead to Skills Shortage in Europe
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A lack of basic coding skills could result in Europe facing a shortage of up to 900,000 information and computer technology (ICT) professionals by 2020, according to the European Commission (EC). Coding is today's literacy and important to enable the digital revolution, say EC executives Neelie Kroes and Androulla Vassiliou. They say fundamental coding skills are poised to become critical for many positions in the near future as society transitions to a world in which cloud-based and connected devices are more common.
Although the EC says more than 90 percent of professional occupations require some ICT competence, the number of computer science graduates is not keeping pace with this demand. Kroes and Vassiliou have urged European union (EU) education ministers to get children more involved in EU Code Week, which takes place across Europe in October. EU Code Week aims to make coding more visible and motivate children and adults alike to learn new skills.
Meanwhile, a poll of U.K. boardrooms found that 94 percent of senior executives consider digital skills to be very important to their business, but 20 percent said the quality of digital skills among graduates is below average.
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