The Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency released on 09 July 2013 their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) workforce study. A key idea included in the study that connects with STEM is quoted below:
“The Australian Council of Deans of ICT (ACDICT) has called for ICT to be given greater recognition as an integral part of STEM, highlighting ‘the enabling and central role of ICT throughout STEM disciplines’. ACDICT has called for the Enhancing the Training of Mathematics and Science Teachers Program to be extended to include improving the skills of teachers of ICT. According to ACDICT’s President, Professor Leon Sterling: Government should address the issue holistically and consider alternatives to improve the teaching of ICT in secondary schools by providing adequate funding, as ICT is vital for the future well-being in Australia. Doing it for maths and science is only addressing part of the solution.”