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Tue 11 Nov 2009Classrooms to get laptop each under new scheme
EVERY CLASSROOM in the country is to get a teaching laptop, software and a digital projector over the next three years as part of a new €150 million investment in “smart schools”.
Taoiseach Brian Cowen outlined details of the new initiative on information and computer technologies (ICT) for schools yesterday. Speaking at the launch, Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe acknowledged Ireland was playing “catch-up’’ on technology for schools after years of under investment.
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