Regional Students can look forward to starting the 2021 school year with a range of new classroom technologies as part of the Department of Education’s Rural Access Gap (RAG) package.
Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell said the $365.8 million RAG package would see rural and regional schools’ access to the best in digital teaching and learning tools.
“The package will support over 1,000 regional and rural schools in NSW,” Ms Mitchell said.
“It will provide new devices in the classroom for students, laptops for teachers and training for staff,” she said.
“Students can access subjects previously only available in larger schools, and teachers have additional support and a broad library of professional development options.”
Ms Mitchell said Orana Heights Public School in Dubbo would be one of the first schools to have their classrooms fitted with smart boards, faster internet access, laptops for all teaching staff and additional student devices.
“A further 28 schools in the Dubbo region will be equipped in the same way as Orana Heights Public School,” the Minister said.
“After being rolled out in Dubbo, another 81 schools will receive the RAG by Term Two 2021,” she said.
Ms Mitchell said the remaining schools would receive their RAG upgrades by mid-2023.
