With many Australian companies now finding a lack of skilled staff holding back their business, Labor has accused the Coalition of doing little to tackle the skills crisis.
Senior politicians have warned that Australia is heading for an ICT skills crisis with the country's students outpacing their teachers in their knowledge of technology.
The Federal Labor government's digital education revolution received its final rubber stamp at yesterday's Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting, but one industry observer has advised education administrators to take their money and put it elsewhere.
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Australian Information Industry Association CEO Sheryle Moon today slammed the pre-election campaigns from all the political parties for ignoring most ICT issues and only focusing on broadband.
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A quick scan of almost any ICT department, ICT conference or vendor environment confirms that women who embrace technology as a lifelong career remain a rare breed.
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China and India's massive investments in education will pay dividends for Australia but CIOs will need to look at restructuring the organisation to make use of the abundance of skills in Asia, says Marcus Blosch, research VP, Gartner.
Australia will continue to lose IT inventions and skills to foreign interests because the government has failed to invest in education, says Gartner's government specialist, John Kost.
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