Despite computer science skills growing in demand, CTE remains an elective in most districts, with students never building coding skills.

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Despite computer science skills growing in demand, CTE remains an elective in most districts, with many students never experiencing the joy of coding

Over the past decade, industries across the world have voiced their concern over the lack of tech skills among high school and college graduates. At the end of 2020, there were an estimated 1.4 million unfilled computer science jobs; this figure continues to rise.

However, the education sector’s response is that currently less than half of high schools teach, and only 5 percent of students go on to further computer science study.

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