Released 14/02/2019
The ACT Government has continued a successful second year of providing high school students universal access to Chromebooks. In an ever digital 21st century, technology based education is what students need now—devices are the textbook of today.
This year, the ACT Government provided Chromebooks to students entering Year 7 as well as new students in Years 8 to 12 entering the ACT public secondary system—approximately 4200 devices.
The ACT Government is committed, through the Future of Education strategy, to developing capable adults who have learnt to learn, live productively in society, think, create and work in an increasingly digital future.
This government believes in providing equitable access to the tools that students need to give them equal opportunity. This ensures that irrespective of family circumstances, every student has an equal opportunity to learn wherever they are and whenever they need it.
Feedback from students who received their devices last year has been really positive and the students who are new to the ACT public school system were excited to receive their device this year.
In 2016 the ACT Government announced an election commitment to increase access to technology to all ACT Government secondary school students by providing them with a computer. This election commitment was delivered in full to every public school student in Years 7 to 11 in February 2018 through a budget commitment of $17 million to fund the rollout.
The ACT Education Directorate is required under the Australian curriculum to educate students on safety and respectful relationships, including within the digital space. It’s important that children and young people are taught how to live alongside devices appropriately because this is a big part of life now.
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