The Wire

One in four First Nations households has no internet access, limiting the learning opportunities for Indigenous students.

And over the past 12 months, as COVID-19 shut schools and pushed learning online, the failures and risks of this digital divide have become clearer than ever. 

Connecting on Country: Closing The Digital Divide For First Nations Students In The Age of COVID-19 is a joint report by World Vision and the Australian Numeracy and Literacy Foundation that looks at the challenges, and calls for solutions.