Over 19,000 students in the ACT would benefit from Federal Labor’s commitment to provide a school computer for every year 9-12 student.
A Rudd Labor Government will invest $1 billion over four years to turn every secondary school in Australia into a digital school.
Federal Labor’s National Secondary School Computer Fund will allow every Australian student in years 9-12 to have access to their own school computer.
Under Federal Labor’s plan, every secondary school in Australia, Government and Private, will be equipped with the education tools of the 21st Century to teach the lessons of tomorrow.
“Today’s announcement of a National Secondary School Computer Fund is great news for parents and students in the ACT. It will mean that over 19,000 local students will have access to a personal computer giving them essential computer skills for life and the workforce”, Senator Lundy said.
The National Secondary School Computer Fund will allow secondary schools to apply for capital grants of up to $1 million to acquire new or upgrade information technology equipment.
This could include personal laptops or computers and internet network infrastructure to plug our secondary schools into the information superhighway.
Under Labor’s plan, 99 per cent of school children will also get access to broadband connections of speeds up to 100 megabits per second at school through optical fibre to the premises (FTTP) broadband infrastructure.
Computers are no substitute for face-to-face teaching, but they provide a modern additional resource of immense value, connect Australian students to some of our finest scholars and institutions, open schools to the world, and encourage independent research and curiosity in the next generation of Australians.
Contact: Rachel Allen – 6230 0411 or 0418 488 295
