Written answers

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Department of Education and Skills

Digital Schools Award

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the digital school award in primary schools; his plans to enable all schools to achieve this award; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43627/12]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The Digital Schools Award is a worthwhile initiative which recognises excellence in a school's approach to the integration of ICT in learning and teaching. This award aims to build on the progress already made by schools in ICT integration and to encourage them to strive for further progression and improvement. To achieve a Digital Schools Award, each participating school must fulfil identified criteria which are applied as part of the validation process. The criteria are organised under the following headings:

Leadership & Vision

Since its launch the Digital Schools Award has grown steadily. In total 264 schools have registered to participate in the Award, of which 91 have achieved Digital School Status to date. A further five have already achieved the award in 2012 to date and two more are being scheduled for validation shortly

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