Young teachers are entering classrooms with inadequate computer skills, with the NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes calling for improvements in teaching courses at NSW universities.

Mr Stokes said graduate teachers should be entering classrooms with a level of "digital literacy" beyond an understanding of email, Google and Facebook.

"Parents need to be assured that teachers entering the classroom for the first time are up to the challenge of equipping 21st century students with the technological skills to succeed in an increasingly digital world," he said. "Skills like coding are increasingly sought after across professions and industries."

The Digital Literacy Skills and Learning Report, released on Monday, made a number of recommendations to improve the standard of digital literacy – using technology to find information, solve problems and complete tasks – among new teachers, and said: "The digitalisation of the workplace, society and communications cannot be argued."