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Distance Learning Support

online resource

posted on 2023-11-06, 21:19 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

Schools were provided extra funding for distance learning. Schools were requested to direct this extra funding to purchase IT devices, which were to be loaned to some eligible students

History

Country

Ireland

Policy Area

Education

Measure

Distance learning support

Eligibility

Disadvantaged children (including Traveller and Roma children) who did not have access to online learning

Type

In-kind benefit

Start / Announced Date

Apr-20

End Date

N/A

Amount

N/A

Total Cost

€10 million (with €7 million for secondary schools and €3 million for the primary sector)

Recipients

Children

Route to the child

Direct

Sources

European Union Agecy for Fundamental Rights (2020) Implications of COVID-19 pandemic on Roma and Travellers communities - Ireland. 15 June 2020. Available at: https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/ie_report_-_covid-19_impact_on_roma_en.pdf