Computers are in charge of most everything nowadays. We do everything with computers whether it is a PC desktop, laptop, or iPad. For those who do not have computers at home or families willing to teach them, they will be behind if they do not have computer studies in primary school.
Plus, you add in the various learning programs these computers can offer and it is essential to make certain students already know the basics. Education is changing what needs to be known because history continues to make itself. In other words, dinosaurs are still a part of education for young children, but they also have to focus on what will occur in the future.
Computers change with new models each year, sometimes each month. Without keeping up with how things change and what is out there students will be behind. Granted, younger children are not ready to handle algorithms and other computer related information, but they should at least know how to turn one on and some of the basics of computers such as how to find an online site to play a learning game.
Computer studies are a small part of primary school but nonetheless important since they are the tool students will need to use for the rest of their lives.