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Web familiarity 'as essential as basic maths'
Thursday 18th June 2009, by Daniel King
Computer skills and familiarity with the internet are now some of the many IT-related abilities that are essential to people seeking employment or leaving school, it has been advised.
A spokeswoman for e-skills UK, a non-profit organisation that provides access to training, advice and support in the field, said the recent Digital Britain report had highlighted the issue.
Karen Price, chief executive officer of the group, explained it was clear that the importance of web and computer-related abilities were being addressed as central to a employability and social inclusion.
"Everyone needs IT skills," she explained, "they have become as essential as the ability to read, write and understand basic mathematics. Our research indicates that more than 90 per cent of new jobs now require some level of IT skills."
Ms Price went on to say government plans to reform the education and support systems in the UK to reflect this need were a step in the right direction, adding that initiatives such as e-skills UK were helping people of all ages.
In another recent report, which was published on June 16th and conducted by Baroness Estelle Morris, it was suggested around 11.6 million Brits are in need of basic training in IT and computing.
The review was commissioned by the government as part of an attempt to gauge how effective the current systems are that are in place for teaching such skills and if people were being socially excluded due to a lack of them.
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