Well, firstly, he put Julia Gillard in charge. Not a wise move. I needn't explain.
Kevin Rudd believes that since the 19th century was an industrial revolution, and the 20th century was a technological revolution, the 21st century can be an education revolution.
First, he promises high school students between grades 9 and 12 access to a computer at school. This is a rather difficult task, as computers are expensive, and when you are buying the latest model, the next model up is coming in the back door. Realistically, he could only be able to offer us doggy computers, much like the ones we already have, except more of them. This would mean that he would have to offer more money to school webmasters, to be able to keep them running.
Next, he promised that he would provide more than 9000 of Australia's primary and secondary schools with high-speed broadband that goes up to 100 megabits a second. I think that' fast. I'm not sure.
Lastly, he promised that he would make 65 000 apprenticeships to students who are better with their hands. I can understand this, and at least it makes more sense than providing every high school student with a computer.
But realistically, to get our schools up to date, he would need to invest $2.9 billion dollars in our schools. I don't think he can just go and spend that money; it has to come out of taxpayers' pockets. Dear me. That's a lot of money for each taxpayer. I think it might be around $1300 for every citizen, but factor in children and people in the army, and you're probably up to about $2000 for every taxpayer for this education revolution. I'm probably wrong, but hey, I'm no mathematician.
Kevin, you set yourself a monumental task. Let's hope you can achieve it. If you can't, well, we've had 11 years of that, and four more isn't going to matter.
