Study examining whether the computer science curriculum at the sudanese high secondary schools is adequate to qualify the students to be computer literate

Abstract

As the use and demand for computers are growing so fast, it is very important that every student today acquire computer basic training. Computer literacy will give them all the benefits and advantages to progress their education and future career too. Sudanese students start learning computers at high secondary school. The computer science curriculum at the Sudanese high secondary schools aims at qualifying the students to be computer literate, preparing them for entering college or the workplace. Nevertheless, this curriculum only introduces the students to computer hardware, peripheral devices and operating systems, it neglects to teach them the usage skills, basic computer applications, how to work with the Internet or emails. Also, it does not teach graphics and multimedia or gives the students the knowledge on how to install a computer program, keep their computers running in the most basic sense or how to handle the basic, day to day computer problems. Instead, it overwhelmed those beginners with programming, data processing, data analysis and system design. Accordingly, it has become clear that computer science curriculum at the Sudanese high secondary schools is not adequate to qualify the students to be computer literate or preparing them for entering college or the workplace, and that it needs massive revision and modification.