Opolskie: 9.5 thousand computers purchased by the local government will be delivered to schools in the area

The final stage of equipping teachers from Opole schools with laptops and audiovisual learning equipment, which was purchased by the county self-government, begins on Monday (March 15). According to the press office of the Opole Marshal office, 9.5 thousand teachers will receive computers in total.

The Opolskie Voivodeship Autonomous Government decided to provide primary and secondary school teachers in the region with the necessary computer equipment for distance learning. In the first stage, laptops were purchased for secondary school teachers. Currently, as part of the “Op @ lskie Primary School – Distance Learning is coming!” Across the district, handover of laptops to primary school teachers is being completed.

We have prepared and implemented a project dedicated to teachers, which is a result of the needs of the present time. Although we are not the leading authority in any of these schools, we decided that this opportunity should be seized, because the quality of education in the region is important to all of us – said Andrzej Buła, Marshal of Opolskie Voivodeship.

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Computers and auxiliary equipment were purchased from the funds of the Marshal’s office in Opole, which will go to 382 elementary schools in the Opolsky district. Laptops are provided to teachers of government, private and private primary schools. In total, 4,957 primary school laptops were purchased with a total value of 14.9 million PLN. 8,966 teachers work in Opole Elementary Schools, so thanks to the Marshal Office project, computers will reach around 60 percent. The teachers of these schools are in the area.

The project “Op @ lskie for Primary Schools – Distance Learning is coming!” It was implemented with European funds as part of the Opolsky Region Regional Operational Program for the period 2014-2020. In total, more than 9,550 such computers will be delivered to Opole teachers of all types of schools – primary and secondary – from regional EU funds. As confirmed by Opole Marshal, the projects to provide almost all teachers in the region with distance learning equipment by the Opolskie Voivodeship Autonomous Government are a unique initiative on a national scale.

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