More ICT support for Aboriginal students
Source: Tasmania. Minister for Education and Skills. Media Release
"Tasmanian Aboriginal students and families accessing Distance Education will receive more Information Communications Technology (ICT) support under a new program. The Minister for Education and Skills, David Bartlett, has launched ConnectEd, which provides home-based ICT to help Aboriginal students and families become confident, online learners. Currently, there are 25 Indigenous people – a total of 13 per cent of the total Distance Education Tasmania enrolments - accessing Kindergarten to Grade 10 education, he said. Many of these Aboriginal students, and their families, have limited access to computer-based educational resources and online programs. ConnectEd gives Aboriginal students and families the opportunity of building their skills and confidence in our increasingly digital, unique learning world. Mr Bartlett said that ConnectEd was an innovative way of providing “at the elbow” ICT advice for parents."