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The Federal Government will boost funding for its computers in schools program after complaints from the states and territories that the scheme was under-funded.

The states told the Federal Government its original funding of $1,000 per computer would not cover installation, maintenance and upgrade costs.

Primary school students are neglected in education funding, as extra resources are being directed to infants and high school students while the primary years receive less funding than any other school year.

NSW secondary school students could be issued with $56 million worth of Linux-based laptops as part of Kevin Rudd's digital education revolution.

The state wants government secondary school students to tote around computers built specifically for the education market.

The Rudd Government’s launch today (Thursday) of the Australian Youth Forum (AYF) represents a new era in the way the Australian Government will engage with young Australians.

School students should study Picasso alongside pictures of Elle Macpherson's underwear as part of a recasting of visual arts education away from traditional forms to include images of all kinds.

A federal government report, released yesterday, argues for visual education, or "visuacy", to take its place alongside literacy and numeracy as a foundation skill in compulsory schooling.