More New South Wales school students will benefit from the popular online tutoring program, ‘Your Tutor’, following a partnership between Campbelltown City Council’s Library Service and the University of Western Sydney (UWS).
UWS has contributed $28,500 to fund the program’s extension over the next 12 months across the southwestern Sydney Council. This will take the number of students accessing the service from 100 to 200 per month.
Founded in 2003, the Your Tutor program is designed to make tutoring accessible and affordable to all Australian students. It connects children from years 4 to 12 with homework assistance and learning resources between the hours of 4pm and 8pm on weekdays. Trained tutors use a variety of online technologies to provide students with free, one on one advice.
Through the program, students can log onto a specially designed website either from school or a library, and be matched with a tutor according to their needs in a matter of minutes.
Since its introduction in Campbelltown libraries almost four years ago, the program has recorded close to 1,000 sessions.
Campbelltown Mayor Aaron Rule said the development of these partnerships are important to the provision of high quality and innovative library and information services.
“Council’s Library Service welcomes the partnership with UWS in expanding access to a popular and highly effective learning tool for students, which they can conveniently access from their local library or the comfort of their own home,” he said.
“Your Tutor transforms the way students learn and study, and arms young people with new skills and knowledge, while building a solid foundation for life long learning.”
For further information contact Campbelltown Library
on (02) 4645 4444.
