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What is Four in Balance? - PDST

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7 - ICT <strong>in</strong>frastructureCompared with schools <strong>in</strong> neighbor<strong>in</strong>g countries, schools <strong>in</strong> theNetherlands are among the top <strong>in</strong> the European Union <strong>in</strong> terms of ICT<strong>in</strong>frastructure. Th<strong>is</strong> applies equally to computer and Internet access(Eurydice, 2011).7.4 Summary• The ratio of computers to pupils at schools <strong>is</strong> the same as last year: onecomputer for every five pupils.• The majority of pupils <strong>in</strong> vocational education and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g take theirown laptops with them to school. Th<strong>is</strong> happens much less <strong>in</strong> secondaryeducation, and scarcely at all <strong>in</strong> primary education.• The adoption of <strong>in</strong>teractive whiteboards has gone much faster thanschool managers had anticipated <strong>in</strong> previous surveys: almost everyschool now has one or more <strong>in</strong>teractive whiteboards. In primaryeducation, one out of two classrooms <strong>is</strong> equipped with an <strong>in</strong>teractivewhiteboard; <strong>in</strong> secondary education, the ratio <strong>is</strong> 1:6 and <strong>in</strong> vocationaleducation and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g 1:11. Expectations are that almost every primaryschool classroom will be equipped with an <strong>in</strong>teractive whiteboardbefore long.• Wireless Internet and optical fiber connections are becom<strong>in</strong>g standardat secondary schools and <strong>in</strong> the vocational education and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>gsector.65

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