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Billions of Pounds to be Spent on Information Technology Products and Services in the Build Schools for the Future Program

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Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Gordon Brown has announced a massive £36 billion investment in new and renovated schools over the next 4 years to create the “most educated nation in the world”. This investment includes the renovation or new building of 12,000 schools, including 50% of primary schools, 90% of secondary schools and 100 colleges. These developments will be done in three waves across the country over the next 4 years.

This means massive opportunities for IT companies on several different levels. It starts with ICT consulting to plan the future ICT investment. Then, the existing IT systems will need to be removed, wiped clean and recycled. During the construction phase, cat5 cabling or wireless hubs will need to be installed. The volumes of computers or hand-held devices will need to be purchased along with the appropriate end user and management software. Then, ongoing service and upgrades will need to be negotiated.

On top of this physical investment, each head teacher will have their discretionary funds increased by 28-33% in the 2007-2008 financial year. This will give a typical primary school £50,000 and a typical secondary school £200,000 to spend as they see fit.

Additional funding is being allocated to the government goal of keeping every student in education to the age of 18. This will necessitate a complete restructure of the school system for the 12 to 18 year old audience. Multi-million pound colleges are already being built across the country.

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