They also sponsor teacher-education programs and offer curriculum materials to help schools use the newspaper as a meaningful resource for student learning. Each NIE program differs according to the needs of the local community. Newspapers are used as learning tools in all key learning areas. There programs may also included adult education in such areas as adult literacy. Research shows that young people who take part in the NIE classroom program develop a more positive attitude towards the role of the media.
Students have less trouble reading newspapers and enjoy reading newspapers more.
They are also more likely to develop interest in hard news and become more invloved in public affairs. History of NIE Newspapers in education started in the United States in the late 1950's. American newspaper publishers felt there would be a need to address future readers, anticpating televisions impact on newspapers readership. By the early 1970s NIE programs had started to spread throughout the US and to other countries throughout the world. In Australia and New Zealand in the 1970s.