Evolution of ICT teaching in secondary schools in Argentina during the last 50 years

Nowadays, it is very important for young people to have basic information technology skills in order to get jobs, to be able to continue studying (college) or for just being an active member of the society. For this reason, it is very important to introduce the teaching of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in secondary schools. In Argentina, a lot of profesionals in information technology (IT) will be needed in following years. The existence of public policies in order to achieve that are very important. In this work we present different aspects related with the existence of IT in Argentina. Special attention is put into the information technology teaching in secondary schools.