Irish schools linked to Internet

Irish schools linked to Internet

Keywords Internet, Ireland, Schools

More than 4,000 Irish schools are now linked to the Internet, thanks to the country's IT 2000 programme, a £40 million public-private partnership involving Telecom Ireland.

The scheme uses the European SchoolNet, a grouping of Internet sites hosted by individual countries. It lists sites vetted by teachers for their educational content and includes a system for sharing educational material and experiences between schools and countries.

The European SchoolNet can be found at http://www.eun.org