Schools 'just playing catch-up' with laptops [Independent.ie]
- Published: 17 November 2009
EDUCATION Minister Batt O'Keeffe has admitted the €150m investment in school laptops announced yesterday is simply playing 'catch-up' with other countries which have 'leapfrogged' us in investment.
As disclosed in the Irish Independent on November 9, a €150m plan for 'smart schools' will see every classroom in the country getting a teaching lap-top, software and digital projector over the next three years.
As a first step, primary schools will get €22m before the end of this year with the money coming from the capital budget.
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