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The National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications (NACCQ) has joined forces with Women in Technology (WIT) to promote ICT education as an exciting career path as some reports have shown that the number of students enrolling in tertiary ICT education are low.

Garry Robertson, chair-person of NACCQ and education manager of the School of IT at the Waikato Institute of Technology, says the number of ICT students has dropped about 30% with only 2,500 students in 2006 compared with 3,500 students in 2003. Woman also only account about 20% of the total students enrolled in ICT-related programmes.