Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, , 2:38:49 to 2:39:59
Analysis of PISA data showing Australian students spend significantly more time on digital devices than the OECD average.
Topics: Education, Online safety
Speakers: Ms. Meg Brighton, Speaker 14, Senator Marielle Smith
>> uh yeah just quickly and then we'll move
back >> just just to follow on about some of the questions about the digital detox if I if I if I may do that um um and the minister was referring to that um before um um what does the recent PISA data tell us about how much time students are spending on devices and how does this compare with uh international papers h Sorry, international peers.
>> Sure. Um, thanks Senator for the question. So, in in that earlier block we were talking about the um heavy use of digital devices in Australian schools. Um, the most recent PISA data, so that's the 2025 PASA assessment which only just came out a little while ago. That is showing that Australian schools on average are spending 2.6 hours per day using a digital device for learning at schools. That's a really sharp contrast to seeing what we're seeing across the rest of the OECD, which is on average 1.7 hours. Um, something like 57% of students reporting using devices for learning at school for more than two hours a day and compared to about 30% across the OECD. So, it's a pretty significant difference. Um and you know