Can the Minister update the House on the Technology for Learning Program computer rollout to government schools?
The Hon. JOHN DELLA BOSCA: The New South Wales Government is committed to keeping our schools and TAFE colleges at the forefront of information and communications technologies for education and training. The State budget has allocated $693 million in recurrent funding over four years to provide technology in our schools and colleges. More than $105 million is included for the Technology for Learning Program, delivering new, high-speed computers to schools. Earlier today the Premier and I visited Hurstville Public School, where 32 computers are being unloaded and installed as we speak. It is a very successful school, attracting strong local enrolments: just over 1,000 students this year. Ninety-four per cent are from a non-English speaking background. Hurstville Public School and its enthusiastic staff are among the first to receive the new desktop computers. As part of a new purchasing agreement with Lenovo Australia and New Zealand, schools are receiving the upgraded ThinkCentre deskt
