An exciting proposal to introduce information technology (IT) as a primary school subject is being considered by Lithuania’s education authorities this month. The proposal has been drawn up by Tech City Lithuania, an association of technology companies, in cooperation with Invest Lithuania and the Education Development Centre.
As part of the proposal, Tech City has written a detailed programme outlining how IT could be integrated into Lithuania’s primary schools. The programme proposes gradually introducing key elements of IT into the curriculum for pupils in grades 1 to 4. Children would learn how to create and edit text documents, write simple algorithms, safely search on the Internet and process other types of digital information.