This ICT qualification aims and objectives are to enable students to:

• explore how digital technology impacts on the lives of individuals, organisations and society

• learn about current and emerging digital technologies and the issues raised by their use in a range of contexts by individuals and organisations

• develop an awareness of the risks that are inherent in using ICT and the features of safe, secure and responsible practice

• broaden and enhance their ICT skills and capability

• work with a range of digital tools and techniques to produce effective ICT solutions in a range of contexts

• learn how to reflect critically on their own and others’ use of ICT and how to adopt safe, secure and responsible practice.