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Teach pre-schoolers IT skills or fall behind, warns expert

Pre-school children need to be taught IT skills or Ireland will fall well behind emerging digital economies such as Vietnam, a world-renowned economist has warned.

Teach pre-schoolers IT skills or fall behind, warns expert

Thu, 27 Sep, 2018 - 01:00

Pádraig Hoare

Pre-school children need to be taught IT skills or Ireland will fall well behind emerging digital economies such as Vietnam, a world-renowned economist has warned.

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