Broadband in schools not up to task, say teachers [Independent.ie]
- Published: 17 July 2010
THE broadband service being offered to Irish schools by the Department of Education is so bad that some have refused it and paid for their own.
Many homes have better connectivity to the internet than the primary and post-primary schools educating 800,000 children every day.
In a week when Taoiseach Brian Cowen is promoting Ireland as an innovation hub, it emerged that only 78 of 4,000 schools -- 2pc -- have high-speed broadband.
The Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) said broadband in Irish schools was "not fit for purpose" and was a major barrier to teachers and pupils using new technologies.
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