Union wants laptops for secondary teachers

A €30 million increase in funding is required to give Irish students and teachers the same IT resources as their EU colleagues.

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI), which made the claim, is seeking payments equivalent to €130 each for 340,000 second level students from the Department of Education — to improve Information and Communications Technology (ICT) facilities in schools.

Part of the money would be used to give every teacher a laptop computer.