A new Future Skills Academy is set to open in the north of Canberra, building on the model already established with Mungga-iri Jingee in Tuggeranong.
Announced by the Minister for Education, Yvette Berry the new Academy of Future Skills hub will be named ‘Dhawura Ngadjung’, Ngunnawal words which mean earth and water.
“The Academy provides access to high quality facilities where both students and teachers can develop skills that are transferrable to many of the fastest growing occupations,” Ms Berry said.
“The Future Skills Academy is a key deliverable of the Future of Education Strategy, which recognises students as individuals and emphasises the creation of learning environments with students at the centre as well as the importance of learning for future jobs that don’t yet exist,” she said.
“This new facility and the work across these important education subjects supports students in the ACT to tread their own path based on their developing interests, knowledge and skills.”
Ms Berry said the new Academy would be based at the University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra.
She said it formed part of a $5.7 million ACT Government 2018-19 Budget commitment to build on Canberra’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) capability and make STEM subjects more accessible to all students.
