The inclusion of computer science in the E-Bacc was a key recommendation in the influential Next Gen report published in 2011 by Nesta, with Ian Livingstone and Alex Hope. Yesterday, Nesta and Next Gen Skills published ‘Next Gen, Next Steps’, an update on the progress of the computer skills agenda.

Following the Department for Education's announcement today that computer science will become an E-Bacc science option, please find a comment from Nesta below. The inclusion of computer science in the E-Bacc was a key recommendation in the influential Next Gen report published in 2011 by Nesta, with Ian Livingstone and Alex Hope. Yesterday, Nesta and Next Gen Skills published 'Next Gen, Next Steps', an update on the progress of the computer skills agenda. 

Quote from Nesta:

Stian Westlake, executive director of policy and research, Nesta, "The addition of computer science to the E-Bacc is a triumph for students, schools and the industries that increasingly demand robust and advanced computational skills. Just two years on since the dull and dire state of ICT in schools was exposed in the Next Gen. report, the concerted efforts of industry and educators to improve computer science teaching has been recognised. Today's announcement opens a world of opportunities for the next generation. Further still, we hope that it not only inspires those considering the E-Bacc, but that improves the overall quality of computer science teaching and student involvement in creating, not just consuming, digital technology."

For more on Nesta's response, read the blog from Stian Westlake - Computer Science is Bacc