Beware craze for computer programming training

REPORTEDLY, a training agency in Wenjiao district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has seen the scale of its computer programming class increase exponentially from dozens of students to tens of thousands in three years. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

In early 2017, the State Council sought to encourage computer programming education in primary and middle schools so as to boost the development of artificial intelligence. Which fired the starting gun for training agencies to scramble to provide such education while most schools were still waiting for the Education Ministry's not-yet-ready deployment.

The popularity of computer programming training is not limited to Hangzhou, it has become the most robust growth point in the extracurricular training market nationwide.