The National Curriculum for Informatics, 2019 edition: A Modernization in Structure and Content

The modernization of the school curriculum is a periodic process, the scope of which is to adjust the direction of the educational vector according to last scientifc, technological and social achievements. Informatics is one of the sciences with the highest rate of development, located between real sciences, technology and social sciences. As school discipline Informatics keeps the integrating role of Computer Science, and also the capacity for continuous development, especially on the applicative fields. Consequently, the role of the skills developed by Informatics becomes more and more important, as well as the role of others school disciplines derived from it. In this article an analysis of the new Informatics school curriculum is carried out. The analyze is made through the prism of its compliance with the requirements imposed by the education system and modern society, forecasts of development of information sciences and related technologies for the next years.