157 Tipperary Post-Primary Schools will share €1,255,480 in funding with 28
Primary Schools receiving €572,750. The monies will be allocated based in the
number of pupils in a school and both DEIS and non-DEIS schools are included
(See Table below), with DEIS schools receiving double the level of funding
allocated to non-DEIS schools.
This funding, which aims to address the digital divide, was secured as part of a
major investment programme for the Department of Education in the
Government’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) approved by the
European Council.
Schools will be required to use this funding for the direct benefit of their students,
and can consider innovative projects and programmes using digital technologies
in teaching and learning depending on their own digital learning plan, and
approaches including providing infrastructure such as devices on loan to students.
Under the project being announced today, funding will be paid directly to all
recognised primary and post-primary schools in the free education scheme, to
invest in digital infrastructure to support students who are most at risk of
educational disadvantage through the digital divide. As part of this measure,
schools in the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) programme will
receive double the amount of funding provided to non-DEIS schools.
Full information on the rates applying and the criteria and conditions attaching to
this funding can be found in the Department of Education’s circular 0060/2021 on
the Department of Education website.
Through the other project for which NRRP funding is being provided, and through
the National Broadband Plan Intervention Area implementation and commercial
provision, all primary schools will be provided with high speed broadband
connectivity by early 2023.
Primary
Enrolment Grant – Non DEIS Grant – DEIS
0 to 99 €5,000 €10,000
100 to 249 €8,000 €16,000
250 to 499 €13,360 €26,720
500 to 749 €22,311 €44,622
750 plus €37,260 €74,519
Post-Primary
Enrolment Grant – Non DEIS Grant – DEIS
0 to 249 €8,000 €16,000
250 to 499 €13,360 €26,720
500 to 749 €22,311 €44,622
750 plus €37,260 €74,519
