$1m to engage young Kiwis in digital tech
Hon Hekia Parata
Minister of Education
11 October
2016
Media Statement
$1m to engage young Kiwis in digital tech
Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced the nine successful applicants to a $1 million contestable fund for projects that will engage students in digital technologies.
“We’re funding providers who have innovative and smart projects that will capture teachers’ and students’ imagination and help them get skilled in using and developing digital technologies,” says Ms Parata.
The projects are part of a broader package of support for schools when the digital technologies curriculum content starts to be rolled out in 2018.
“It was excellent to see such a high demand for the fund, with 74 proposals from education and digital technologies providers from around the country.
“Among the successful proposals are Communities of Learning-based local projects, a project that will grow digital fluency in kura Maori, and a project that will support students to solve problems by generating digital technology solutions,” says Ms Parata.
The nine
providers receiving funding are:
The Ministry of
Inspiration
King’s High School in Dunedin
The
Technology Hub Ltd
Core Education Ltd Tech
Futures
Core Education Ltd - He Hui Matihiko
a-Takiwa
University of Canterbury
Online Education
Limited, working with Code Avengers
Ruapehu
College
Pam Ferguson Charitable Trust, working with OMG
Tech.
“These projects will support the work our Government is doing to prepare young Kiwis to successfully meet the demands of the 21st century.”
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