The Fostering Achievement scheme will provide foster carers in theprovince with advice and funding to improve the education of fosteredchildren.
It is managed by two charities, the Fostering Network and IncludeYouth.
In 2003, just 11 per cent of those leaving care in Northern Ireland gotfive GCSEs at grades A* to C compared with 59 per cent of all schoolleavers.
Kate Lewis, director of the Fostering Network Northern Ireland, said:"This scheme recognises that fostered children struggle, but this is away of doing something about it by empowering foster carers."
The scheme, which is unique to Northern Ireland, includes funding forequipment from computers to musical instruments, training for fostercarers on topics such as computer skills, and access to information andadvice.
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