A prototype of the app is already in existence and will be modified for use in Indigenous communitiesMalcolm Turnbull is a self-confessed gadgets man,and within minutes of assembly a group of Indigenous leaders, the modern prime minister had come up with the idea of using technology to reduce truancy rates.“Within five minutes he said, or why don’t we procure an app,” the chairman of the prime ministers Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine said. “The teachers have an app. They sit there and they tick off diminutive Johnny and Joe and Mary as they come into the classroom. And whether the kid is not there, and then it sends an SMS to their parents.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com