WHY do advocates for equipping schools with technology disagree?
The last government spent large sums on equipping schools with ICT hardware because of a prevailing belief that ICT was "transformational", but not all schools had been able to make good use of it, one participant said.
Advocates for equipping schools with technology say computers can hold students' attention and, in fact, that young people who have been weaned on electronic devices will not tune in without them.
Conservative MP Elizabeth Truss, a vocal critic of the English education system, has argued that the Labour government wasted money equipping schools with the latest technology when it should have spent the funds training the next generation of computer science teachers.
National governments invest money in educating teachers, reducing teacher shortages, and equipping schools with modern information technologies in order to keep the quality of education high.
"One of the most powerful ways we can respond to this outbreak is by equipping school-children with the information and tools they need to protect themselves and their families".
The third component aims at equipping schools with needed materials for the 340 road-traffic safety teams of students as well as materials for the drawing contests, songs and story telling for the participating schools.
With the Senate vote on new gun restrictions approaching next week, former Representative Asa Hutchinson, a Republican from Arkansas, issued a 225-page report and eight recommendations that also called for more federal funds to train and equip school personnel with firearms.
Dressed in the uniform of a Cuban children's movement, the Pioneers, he laughed, applauded and sang along during a cultural show at the newly painted, refurbished and re-equipped school in the heart of his run-down hometown.
Even the best-performing nations say the number one issue in education is to equip school leavers with the broader skills needed for working life, and we are no exception.
The Department of Defense's 1033 program equips school police with all the grenade launchers and tanks they can haul while our students scramble to find guidance counselors and books.
