Child coders ... aged 2.0
TODAY, they’re glued to their tablets – tomorrow they’ll be programming them.
Children as young as two are being given lessons in computer coding to prepare them for the country’s increasingly digital future.
An online marketplace is offering private tutors from £35 an hour to teach preschoolers using toys, games and problem-solving puzzles.
Bark.com said it had seen a 30 per cent rise in requests for computer science tutors after reports that a predicted shortage in digital skills could cost the economy more than £140billion over the next decade. Kai Feller, of Bark.com, said: ‘It’s only in recent years that the extent of the UK’s digital skills shortage has come to light, and more needs to be done to rectify this problem.’