CARNDONAGH Community
School is among four secondaries in Donegal North
East named for a pilot project bringing them
superfast internet services.
Loreto Convent and St Eunan’s College in Letterkenny
and Loreto Community School in Milford are the other
three of a total of 78 schools nationwide that will
get the high speed broadband as part of a €16
million Government investment.
The connections will give students instant internet
access anywhere in their school building, said
Fianna Fail TD Niall Blaney.
“This marks the next phase in the Government’s
ambition to develop our schools into centres of
e-learning and to make technology an integral part
of the learning process.
“The schools taking part will be able to access 100
mega bits per seconds of broadband anywhere in the
school building. This is part of a pilot project
that runs until the end of 2011," said Deputy Blaney.
High speed wireless broadband allows students to
upload and download material faster with access to
high-volume digital educations content and instant
connections to websites from any part of the school.
“Earlier this year it was announced that more than
70 primary schools across the country in which major
construction work was completed last year could get
€5,000 per classroom to but IT equipment.
“The Government is committed to building schools'
ICT capacity because technology literacy is so vital
in today’s working world,” added Deputy Blaney. |
