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Government will give computer to 300 thousand students

This pandemic that we are still experiencing has revealed several deficiencies in society. With many families confined to their homes and online classes, the truth is that many did not even have computers to keep up with activities and do work.

Attentive to such “discrimination”, the Government revealed that during the next school year, about 300 thousand students will receive a computer with Internet access.

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During the next school year, about 300 thousand students will receive a computer with Internet access. The equipment will be delivered by priority, as in a first phase only the needy families, beneficiaries of the A and B levels of social action will receive. Grade C students are excluded.

The equipment will cost 70 million euros, which will come out of the reprogramming of European funds managed by the Regional Coordination and Development Commissions (CCDR) reveals the JN after statements by Ana Abrunhosa (Minister for Territorial Cohesion).

Portugal: Government to give 300,000 students computer

There is no guarantee that the equipment will be delivered in September and for each cycle a machine with different specifications will be assigned. The minister said that computers will belong to schools, but that they will be delivered to students to carry out their school tasks.

The purchase of computers will cost 450 million euros, of which 400 million are from the Portugal 2020 program. According to Ana Abrunhosa, the biggest investment is in the installation of broadband internet in schools, the creation of digital pedagogical content and the training of teachers .

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