The Digital Education Revolution is a major part of the Australian Government Education Revolution.
The aim of the program is to contribute sustainable and meaningful change to teaching and learning in Australian schools that will prepare students for further education, training, jobs of the future and to live and work in a digital world.
The Australian Government is committing new funding of $1.2 billion over five years to provide:
- through the National Secondary School Computer Fund, grants of up to $1 million for schools to assist them to provide for new or upgraded information and communications technology (ICT) for secondary students in Years 9 – 12; and
- through the Fibre Connections to Schools initiative, a contribution of up to $100 million to support the development of fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband connections to Australian schools.
The other elements in the Policy:
- The development of online curriculum tools and resources that will support the national curriculum and conferencing facilities for specialist subjects such as languages.
- Working with States and Territories and the Deans of Education to ensure that new and continuing teachers have access to training in the use of ICT that enables them to enrich student learning.
- The development of online learning and access which will enable parents to participate in their child’s education.
- The establishment of support mechanisms to provide vital assistance for schools in the deployment of ICT.
The Australian Government is committed to working with state and territory governments, Catholic and Independent school systems to make sustainable and meaningful change in the way teaching and learning are delivered in Australian schools.
Support and cooperation from important stakeholder groups, such as parent, teacher and principal organisations is imperative for the success of the initiative.
Consultation with key stakeholders will continue throughout the implementation of the initiative.