Kiwi Students Rank High on Access to ICT
A new OECD report rates NZ secondary school students fifth out of 41 countries for access to Information Communications Technology (ICT). Other highlights from the report include:
- NZ 15 year olds' access to ICT in home and school was the fifth highest of participating countries at nearly 100 percent;
- most 15 year olds (around 80 percent) had home Internet access in 2003, a figure that is likely to have risen since 2003;
- about 56 percent of NZ 15 year olds had been using computers for more than five years, the fifth highest OECD percentage; and
- NZ students ranked very highly for their confidence with Internet tasks (8th) and higher-level ICT tasks such as managing databases and building web pages (6th).
The report, "Are students ready for a technology-rich world?" is available from the OECD's Media Division - newscontact@oecd.org |
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