ICT Advisors removed from Irish Education System
Governmental support and funding for ICT has been sorely neglected for the past 6 years, with no funding for hardware or software and never any funding for technical support for computers in schools. Yesterday the government recalled the 18 ICT Advisors around the country whose role it was to encourage and support local schools' (Primary & Secondary) usage of ICT as well as organise courses, pilot projects etc.
So in the knowledge society economy, the best move the government have is to remove the only (somewhat) local support schools have.
I have not though this out fully, but if the government are refusing to support any ICT activity in school, then my initial reaction would be to stop flogging the dead horse. Although learning about technology and learning other subjects through technology is clearly the optimal pedagogical approach - I can imagine that teachers might decide to stop bringing computers home to fix them; to stop researching for free / open source software to stimulate their pupils; to stop using ICT altogether in schools.
The absence of funding since 2002 has already left Ireland the weakest technology-in-education country in the EU and OECD. This latest move will unfortunately but assuredly ensure our emerging workforce are the most technologically backward in Europe.

