Germany’s schools receive millions of euros from the federal government for the maintenance of digital technology 500. Federal Education Minister Anja Karliczek and the federal states concluded an agreement on funding, as the Federal Ministry of Education announced in Berlin on Tuesday. It should come into force this Wednesday. The CDU politician said the federal and state governments were working closely together in the Corona crisis. “This can also be seen in the digital pact for schools, which now has a total volume of more than seven billion euros with funds from the federal states.”

Digital Pact School With 500 million euros the federal government already has for it made sure that schoolchildren who cannot use their own laptops at home can be equipped with loan devices. “In addition, we are currently consulting with the federal states to provide further 500 million euros for laptops for teachers.”

The funding program “Digitalpakt Schule.” “With originally 5 billion from the federal government, it was launched more than a year ago to set up the digital infrastructure in schools, for example to install the school’s own WLAN or to purchase digital boards – the smartboards. It was repeatedly criticized that the funds flow only slowly. In October 2020 it was said that the schools are now making greater use of the funds.

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