To achieve the maximum impact we need a wide range of organisations to participate and make a contribution. Together we really can make a difference to the lives of our young people.
Estelle Morris
I am delighted to be involved in the digital divide campaign to ensure that every school is made aware of what steps it can take to address the digital divide as it affects local children, and provide a range of opportunities for ICT suppliers, government agencies, charities and other organisations to make a contribution
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Schools already invest in computers for pupils and have more IT equipment than ever before. But children need access to computers both at school and at home. That's whey we need to see an increase in portable technologies that can be used beyond the classroom and at school.
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In society, we worry about children who are off the rails, about five-year-olds bullying other children at school, about bringing up the next generation, and yet in the past we have just not invested in the skills of people we ask to work in that sector.
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By creating useful job descriptions and making clear what qualifications should be expected, the Department aims to help improve schools' ability to recruit the right people.
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If we can modernise the workforce, make them better qualified, have this framework of qualifications, then I think they have a very good case for more money.
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Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so.
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However, the Government has made it clear that we do not encourage the recruitment of teachers from developing nations where there may be an adverse effect on the economy.
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My focus and that of all members of the Government responsible for delivering services to the public is to make sure that the public sector can use all the skills it needs to do the job the public wants it to do.
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The need for improved technical support in schools has expanded as the Government and schools have increased their investment in information and communications technologies.
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There is nothing wrong with becoming more ambitious along the way, but I think what the government has asked the council to do is a perfectly good starting point.
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This government has always said increasing pay is something for something.
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Headteachers and governing bodies run schools and that won't change.
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What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.
There is a shortage of teachers but the January 2001 schools census showed that teacher numbers were at their highest level than at any time since 1984 - and 11,000 higher than 1997.
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