Laptop ‘magic’ lures young back to school in remote Australia

Children from remote communities in Western Australia and the Northern Territory are being introduced to the digital world with their very own laptops as part of an international program aimed at boosting school attendance.Last week, students at Shepherdson College on Elcho Island, 640km northeast of Darwin, were among 400 children from three schools to receive a computer, thanks to not-for-profit organisation One Laptop per Child.
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