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The Country Education Project Inc supports and facilitates a number of projects in partnership with rural schools, education systems and the broader rural community to enhance and improve learning opportunities and outcomes for young people.
This is an outlined of the current projects CEP Inc involved.

Summit on Engaging Rural Young People in Learning

By on May 30, 2011 in Bush voices, Current projects

Young people within rural Victoria have lower retention rates in learning than their metropolitan and regional peers. Young people have a lower uptake of higher education courses. Why is this so? What contributes to these trends? What are the initiatives that could be introduced to engage rural young people in lifelong learning? These were some [...]

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Ping

By on December 16, 2010 in Current projects

Ping is an online music education project.

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eKids Science

By on August 15, 2010 in Bush voices, eKids, Great projects

eKids science was developed by CEP to support rural schools in developing and providing science programs within a digital learning approach. Over 100 grade five and six students have just begun an exciting online learning project focusing on science. These students will be involved in a range of science activities including wind, electrostatics; gravity; feral [...]

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Rural Learning Initiative

By on July 30, 2010 in Current projects

The Country Education Inc has introduced an initiative to support a small number of rural communities to consider the development of learning into the future. This initiative is focused on a whole of community, place based approach and will focus on the development of learning from 0-18 years. Those rural communities involved will work in [...]

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Rural School Governance Project

By on July 29, 2010 in Current projects

The Country Education Project Incs  Rural School Council Governance Project  was undertaken in 2010 to explore approaches and options for future governance approaches within rural communities. The project has been supported within resourcing from DEECD and a final report was presented to the department in September of 2010.

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Rural Learning Summits

By on July 21, 2010 in Current projects

The Country Education Project Inc hosts an annual rural learning summit to explore issues and ideas relevant to rural learning. These summits are held in a rural community and brings people involved in, or interested in, rural education. Each year a key focus area is identified for consideration, discussion and analysis. At the conclusion of [...]

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Digital Learning Initiatives

By on February 25, 2010 in Bush voices, eKids

There are numerous digital learning initiatives occurring across rural Victoria. Some of these are outlined below: 1.  EKids Science E-Kids Science program  is a partnership program between CEP Inc;  the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust and a number of rural schools across the state. The program began in 2009 with 80 upper primary school students across [...]

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