Education in Australia is compulsory between the ages of 6 and 15. Most children (about 70 per cent study in state schools where education is free Most Australians live in cities along the castern and southeastern coasts. But there are also many remote inland towns on the continent. How are children educated there? They learn at home. In several states of Australia there are Schools of the Air. How do children attending the Schools of the Air get a classroom experience? With the help of computers and the Internet. They get class lessons every day and also some time for personal lessons where they can talk to their teacher. The School of the Air sends them their lessons by computer. So the pupils do their tasks and send them by e-mail. The pupils of the School of the Air work just as hard as the pupils of the ordinary state school do The School of the Air is only for school children from ages 4 to 13. For secondary school education they have to go to boarding schools. Перевод текста
