[dopeboy]

I think what's being proposed here is both. I know it varies by country but atleast here in the US, kids learn the core subjects and then have a couple options for elective courses (music, basketball, etc). The objective of the mayor is to get CS into that elective list at all schools.

[kkalra]

Agreed. Having that option is an absolute must. I've been a programmer for 20 years so I think this is a step in the right direction. The point I was trying to make is that in the last few years, there's been a lot of talk about getting kids interested in programming but there's a lot more to the sciences than just programming. We need to make general math and sciences more interesting to kids. Maybe programming will be that catalyst to leads kids to a love of math and sciences.