The Digital Education Revolution, a major part of the Australian Government's Education Revolution, is a vital step in creating a world-class education system for Australia.
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 and to live and work in a digital world.
The Australian Government is investing funding of $2 billion to provide for:
- the National Secondary School Computer Fund, providing 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
- 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
- collaboration with states and territories and Deans of Education to ensure new and continuing teachers have access to training in the use of ICT that enables them to enrich student learning
- $32.6 million over two years to supply students and teachers with online curriculum tools and resources to support the national curriculum and conferencing facilities for specialist subjects such as languages
- the development of online learning and access that will enable parents to participate in their child’s education
- $10 million over three years to develop support mechanisms to provide vital assistance for schools in the deployment of ICT provided through the National Secondary School Computer Fund.
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 Digital Education Revolution.