Mr Deng's IT News Collection: The nerd factor blamed for drop in IT hopefuls. Last year, 3334 year 12 students studied information processes and technology, which is just a third of the cohort of 10 years earlier. Over the same period, the number of students taking software design and development dropped from 3730 to 1829. the latest GradStats report, which found the median starting salary for ICT graduates last year was $52,500, putting it above professions like accounting and vet science and alongside law.

14 September, 2013

The nerd factor blamed for drop in IT hopefuls. Last year, 3334 year 12 students studied information processes and technology, which is just a third of the cohort of 10 years earlier. Over the same period, the number of students taking software design and development dropped from 3730 to 1829. the latest GradStats report, which found the median starting salary for ICT graduates last year was $52,500, putting it above professions like accounting and vet science and alongside law.

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