Ministers are waking up to computer science Like it or not, the subject still carries some bias and pupils will have to brave the geeky taunts and potential associated reputational risk, something we all know drives many of the young peoples' exam decision choices, especially girls A-levels and degree courses will have to adapt quickly to incorporate the new syllabus as, until now, many computer science degrees have had to cover GCSE-level computing in order to bring students up to speed Whilst there are many teachers - like those who belong to the Computing at Schools and NAACE networks - who are skilled enough to teach this subject, there are not nearly enough A couple of years ago I wrote a post called Year 8 is too Late, initially to address the issue of the lack of female coders in programmes such as Young Rewired State. I firmly believe that it is still relevant now, and hope that we will still work towards introducing this subject and its associated skills in junior schools across the country as soon as possible. Of course, this is not a problem limited to the UK either. As a report of International comparisons compiled by Simon Peyton Jones from Microsoft shows, this is something the world is having to address. As it stands it will be a good few years yet before we reap the rewards of yesterday's decision. But that does not make it a bad one. Emma Mulqueeny runs Young Rewired State. More by this author: Why shouldn't adults learn to code too? Learning to code: do I need to be good at maths?