Computer training should begin in pre-school, report argues

10:51 21st June 2011

Even pre-school children should be able to benefit from computer training, a new report has advised.

Noting that the 'online environment' is steadily becoming 'increasingly complex', the committee in charge of writing up the report for a planned High Wire Act in Australia have urged the country's government to ensure IT training becomes an integral part of the education system.

Indeed, submitting their paper to the national parliament, the committee has advised that children should be taught how to be internet-savvy from the very minute they start going online.

"It seems sensible that schools introduce cyber-safety when they introduce computers and online access," the report notes, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Supporting the recommendations, Australia's early childhood minister, Peter Garrett, stated his belief that computer training should even be introduced in pre-schools and kindergartens so as to make children aware of the potential dangers of the internet from an early age.

Meanwhile, the Perth Sunday Times has reported that online retailers in the west of Australia are increasingly offering free delivery and no-questions-asked returns in order to drum up custom.

Posted by Derek Oldman

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