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IT GCSE Take-Up Falls By 17 Per Cent

IT GCSE Take-Up Falls By 17 Per Cent

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Students taking part in ICT courses at GSCE level have fallen by 17 per cent, adding to fears that the UK will soon run out of employable IT talent.According to tech news site IT Pro, this year 61,022 students undertook the ICT GCSE level examination, 17 per cent less than the 73,519 students who took the exam last year for the examination.The drop in the number of students taking the IT course follows last week's 24 per cent fall in students taking the IT A-Level...



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