John Bruton
Question:284 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the pupil-computer ratio in primary and secondary schools compares with that in each of the other OECD and EU countries. [17533/04]
View answerTuesday, 15 June 2004
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Since the inception of my Department's schools IT2000 initiative 1998 to 2000, inclusive, and the Blueprint for the Future of ICT in Irish Education initiative 2001 to 2003, inclusive, significant progress has been made in our primary and post-primary schools in the development and use of ICY infrastructure. A census of ICT in schools was carried out by the national centre for technology in education in 2002 and outlined the pupil-computer ratio as follows:
|
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
|
|
Primary |
37 |
18.1 |
11.8 |
|
Post-primary |
16 |
13 |
9.4 |
|
Special Schools |
9 |
6.6 |
3.9. |
An EU wide survey conducted in early 2002 showed that despite the progress made Irish schools were slightly below the European average in terms of pupil-computer ratio as follows:
|
Ratio |
|
|
Denmark |
3.2 |
|
Finland |
6.3 |
|
UK |
6.9 |
|
Luxembourg |
7 |
|
Sweden |
7.4 |
|
Netherlands |
7.9 |
|
Austria |
8.1 |
|
Spain |
8.2 |
|
France |
8.3 |
|
Belgium |
9 |
|
EU Average |
9.3 |
|
Ireland |
10.3 |
|
Greece |
12.5 |
|
Portugal |
12.7 |
|
Germany |
13.5 |
|
Italy |
14.9. |