<p>Teaching Children to Code</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:31 pm on 9 May 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:31, 9 May 2017

Well, can I begin, first of all, by wishing the Member’s daughter a happy birthday for yesterday? She’ll be a teenager soon. [Laughter.] In answer to his question, we do know, of course, that we want to encourage coding skills. We’ve fast-tracked the publication of the digital competence framework, which will support the development and embedding of digital skills in everything a young person does in school. Many schools have already introduced coding skills into the classroom. We have invested £670,000 to the Technocamps and Technoteach programmes to deliver computer coding workshops to pupils and teachers in secondary schools in Wales, and we’ve made a commitment to expand code clubs in every part of Wales. And that is before, of course, the announcement next month.