Microsoft recognised the value of technology in the education system and had engaged "positively and purposefully" in what were complex and difficult negotiations, to get "an excellent deal for schools".

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The beauty of the student-centric approach is that it automatically adds value to the other stake-holders of the education system too.

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Moving up the global value chain is impossible without a dramatic overhaul of its current education system.

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And Adam McNichol - one of the few teaching this subject who has a computer science degree - told us the whole education system needed to change, so that the value of the subject was recognised.

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