A pioneering group of computing teachers who set up a self-help group have marked its 30th anniversary.

The Ayr Division Computing Studies (ADiCoSt) group held a celebration attended by retired members.

Chairwoman Janice Ramsay explained the group was formed after the introduction of the first BBC computers to schools in the 1980s.

She said: "In each school, there were typically one or two teachers with a mild interest in computing and, over the years, their enthusiasm grew.

"In 1986, a few brave souls started teaching Standard Grade computing studies.

"Teaching a new subject for the first time with limited resources and support is a daunting prospect so the ADiCoSt self-help group was born."

About a dozen teachers gathered for the very first meeting of ADiCoSt in September 1987 in the Microcomputer Resource Centre in Ayr, where they shared problems and solutions associated with the delivery of computing courses.

The members have held monthly meetings ever since and the group is now the longest running of its kind in Scotland.

North Ayrshire councillor John Bell congratulated ADiCoSt on reaching the landmark.

He said: "When computers first arrived in our classrooms, few people had the skills or knowledge to use them effectively as teaching aids.

"Today, it's difficult to imagine our classrooms without computers, tablets and other technology and a huge amount of credit for that should go to the pioneering work of our teachers in ADiCoSt."