Young ICT Explorers Information

Young ICT Explorers is one of Australia's leading digital challenges, aiming to foster life-long digital literacy skills in school-aged children. Students in years 3 to 12 across Australia are invited to develop and showcase their best ICT-related project to peers, academics and industry leaders in a creative forum. In today's world, digital literacy is fundamental to educational success, however not all children have equal access to the right technologies, training and support to do well at school. Research1 shows that only 68 per cent of children aged 5 to 14 in Australia's most disadvantaged communities have access to the Internet at home, compared with 91 per cent of students from the most advantaged communities. 2014 National Assessment Program ICT literacy data shows around 7 in 10 students from high socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds attained or exceeded the proficiency standard, while only 4 in 10 students from low SES backgrounds reached the set standard.