Computer science education to debut in schools next year


PUTRAJAYA: Computational thinking and computer science skills will be integrated into the primary and secondary school curriculum next year.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the move was to expose the young to digital technology and groom them to become “digital makers”.

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