Computing is new favourite UK subject

COMPUTING has replaced English to become British children's favourite school subject, new research suggests.


NEARLY one in four (24 per cent) children aged between six and 12 years old said that computing and technology are the subjects that they enjoy the most, while the most popular subject among their parents was English, with 21 per cent of parents favouring this during their school days, the study for Barclays found.


Despite their children's strong appetites to hone their computer skills, two in five (40 per cent) of parents said they "dread" helping their offspring with their computer homework.
As a result, nearly half (49 per cent) of children said they end up turning to their brothers and sisters for help with the subjects their parents find the most baffling, which were found to be computing and maths.


Maths also happened to be the second most popular subject among the children surveyed, with 19 per cent citing it as their favourite. The least popular subject according to the research was languages, which was chosen by three per cent of those surveyed.
The research, which was carried out among 1000 parents and 1000 children, also found that 17 per cent of children favoured English as their favourite subject, 17 per cent preferred science, six per cent chose history and four per cent voted geography as their favourite

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