Following an approach to local secondary schools by Deakin University in March 1977, opinions on various computing issues were sought from the teachers at secondary schools in Geelong, and from members of the Geelong branch of the Australian Society of Accountants. A preliminary survey was conducted and analysis revealed some significant relationships. The study examines the rationale for computing in schools, looks briefly at the situation which prevails in Victorian schools and elsewhere, and explains some of the technical factors associated with computers in education. Also, the critical need for training teachers in computing topics is discussed. It is likely that within the next decade computers will alter the very fabric of society as we presently know it. These changes will be so far reaching that schools must be in a position to prepare society's new members for what they will find in that society. Unless the schools system as a whole can respond to this need it will fail to meet what may be one of its greatest challenges.