Abstract
As the information-oriented society develops, much attention has been paid to informatics education at school. In the past ten years, schools have been equipped with more computers, and subjects related to informatics education have been introduced in to school curricula. The purpose of this study is to find out how industry in Japan evaluates such efforts in school education to promote informatics education, and what it expects from the outcome of informatics education at schools. Our analysis is based on primary data collected through a questionnaire sent out to Japanese companies. The result of the research shows that industry considers that knowledge on how to use major application programs such as word processing and spread sheets is important; however, the most important thing is that students acquire logical thinking, problem solving ability, and creativity through long-term informatics education.
