And before PHP it was Visual Basic, and COBOL even further back. I'm convinced trying to teach people to program without them understanding the basics of how computers work will lead to this.
Educated or not, there are many programmers who simply don't give a fuck. Unless you make all the IT jobs a regulated profession and enforce significant yearly recertification, the mediocres will dominate. You cannot be nice and inclusive to mediocre programmers and expect good baselines.
This would merely optimise the industry for people who are good at wiggling through bureaucratic hurdles. It would entrench mediocrity while lopping off the extreme ends of the skill distribution - on both ends.