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Online Learning Update - a blog published daily since 2001 by Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Scotland poised for 'world's first' schools intranet - eGov Monitor
The Scottish Executive has sealed a multi-million pound deal to link up every pupil and teacher through what is said to be the world's first national school intranet. RM, Britain's biggest IT supplier to education, has secured a five-year, €58m (£39.5m) contract to develop the ground-breaking system, Scotland's education department confirmed on Wednesday. The company was named in June – following an18-month procurement – as the preferred bidder for the national intranet, which is due to go live in early 2007.

 



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