Archive Consultation Papers and Consultancy Reports Information Technology for Learning in a New Era Five-Year Strategy 1998/99 to 2002/03

Annex G Implementation Timetable 1998/99* 1999/2000* 2000/01* 2001/02* 2002/03* Access and connectivity Access to computers Complete, on average,installation of 40 computers in each primary school and 82 computers in each secondary school Review the level of hardware provision for schools Establish a multi-media learning center in each of some 100 secondary schools Establish in each of the 46 prevocational and secondary technical schools an information technology learning centre Establish in each of the 27 prevocational schools a computer laboratory Start providing a grant to enable schools to make available computer rooms / facilities for use by students after normal school hours Start providing contract technical service to all schools Work with the relevant bureaux and departments to enhance IT provision in community facilities Connectivity Enable all schools to have access to the Internet Link up the computer rooms, computer-assisted learning rooms, library and staff room(s) in a school Complete a consultancy study on the establishment of an education- specific Intranet Consider the findings of the consultancy study and the way forward Consider the feasibility of giving all teachers and students above a certain level access to the Internet and individual e-mail accounts Where appropriate, start building the education-specific Intranet Explore with Internet service providers and fixed network operators the possibility of providing Internet access (including broadband connection) and/or e-mail services for teachers and students at more favourable rates IT Pilot Scheme Implement an IT pilot scheme in 10 primary and 10 secondary schools. The schools have been given an enhanced level of hardware provision and personnel support. Each primary school and each secondary school in the pilot scheme have on average 64 and 134 computers respectively. Review the IT pilot scheme. Disseminate best practices emerged from the IT pilot scheme Teacher Enablement Commission studies to clearly define the various levels of IT competency and to develop the corresponding assessment tools Consider the establishment of a graded certificate system for competency in teaching through IT Provide training at "basic", "comfortable", "competent" and "creative" levels, as well as self-learning material and refresher training for teachers All teachers reach at least the "basic" level of competency All graduates of pre-service teacher education programmes reach at least the "competent" level of competency 75% teachers reach at least the "comfortable" level of competency 25% teachers reach at least the "competent" level of competency one to two teachers in each school reach the "creative" level of competency Start providing an IT co-ordinator per school for 120 schools which have sound IT plans Start providing an IT co-ordinator per school for an additional 130 schools which have sound IT plans Review the need to further extend the provision of IT co-ordinators to a larger number of schools Fully establish the Information Technology Resource Center (ITERC) which includes a software preview library ITERC provides professional and technical support to schools, through collaboration with school-based IT Co-ordinators where appropriate Curriculum and resource support Curriculum Start implementing the revised syllabuses for computer subjects Start implementing the Computer Awareness Programme in all primary schools Start implementing a new technical curriculum in prevocational and secondary technical schools with the support of IT CDC subject committees to consider including IT elements in the school curriculum as appropriate Progressively incorporate IT elements in various subjects (say, 10% of the school curriculum is taught with the support of IT) Progressively incorporate IT elements in various subjects (say, 15% of the school curriculum is taught with the support of IT) Progressively incorporate IT elements in various subjects (say, 20% of the school curriculum is taught with the support of IT ) 25% of the school curriculum is taught with the support of IT CDC to conduct a comprehensive review of the school curriculum Resource support Identify, source and promote educational software through ITERC Facilitate production of school-based IT-based resource material through ITERC Support production and promotion of educational software through QEF Commission production of a limited quantity of software to support the teaching of certain subjects where necessary IT learning targets for students CDC will produce a document on IT learning targets for students for consultation Implement IT learning targets for students at key learning stages Fostering a community-wide culture Encourage school heads to set clear vision and formulate forward-looking plans for their schools Encourage teachers to seek to enhance their professionalism through IT Foster closer collaboration between the tertiary and school sectors through ITERC Encourage the business sector to provide support for schools in their endeavour to meet the IT challenge Encourage community-wide efforts to provide disadvantaged students with adequate access to computers and connectivity * School year