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SA primary kids will learn coding: Labor

The Weatherill government has pledged $6.7 million to teach SA primary school kids coding if re-elected next month.

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill
The Weatherill government has pledged $6.7 million to teach SA primary school kids coding. (AAP)

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A re-elected Weatherill government will invest nearly $7 million to teach South Australian school children to code.

Premier Jay Weatherill says the state's 114,000 public primary school students will receive lessons on computing coding as part of a $6.7 million investment to prepare them for the jobs of the future.

"Learning coding empowers students to be able to understand the technology shaping our world," Mr Weatherill told reporters on Monday.

The funding will go toward ensuring teachers have the necessary skills and capabilities to teach coding.

South Australians head to the polls on March 17.


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