INTERNET CLASSES FOR FORM I AND FORM II STUDENTS

The Minister of Education and National Culture, the Hon. Evarist Bartolo, this morning visited the students who are attending classes on the use of Internet.

These classes are being organised as part of the “Skola Sajf” programme for Forms I and II students and are being held at the Information and Communication Technology Centre (ICTC), Education Division, Floriana.

This is in line with the Education Division policy to introduce controlled Internet access in every school.  Recently the Ministry of Education and National Culture signed an agreement with Maltacom and Terranet Ltd. for a pilot Educational Network.  As from next October, sixteen schools will be supplied with free Internet access for a one-year trial project.  During the trial all sixteen sites will be connected to each other and to Internet via high-speed access technologies.

In subsequent years all state schools in Malta and Gozo will be provided with Internet facility.  In the process, an Educational Network (EduNet) would be developed which will interconnect schools to public libraries, museums, technical colleges and the university campus.