INTO says Government’s €252m pledge ‘investing for the age of the biro’

THE Government has been slated for its pledge of €252 million for ICT(information and communication technologies) in primary schools because it equates to just €20 per child per year.

At the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) conference Education Minister Mary Hanafin said she knew ICT in schools is still “nowhere near where we want it to be”.

However, INTO General Secretary John Carr accused the government of “investing for the age of the biro” instead of putting sufficient funds into creating digitally literate pupils.