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£26m ICT boost for Liverpool school kids

Posted by Gary Flood on Wed, 10/03/2010 - 10:46
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In another milestone for the ongoing Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, Liverpool City Council today announced it will spend £26m on provision of ICT at 24 secondary schools in the city.

The schools are to be rebuilt and refurbished in five phases from 2013 to 2017 as part of what will form the sixth wave of BSF spending, the biggest-ever school buildings investment programme. BSF's aim is to rebuild or renew nearly every secondary school in England via both physical refurbishment but also significant installation of ICT.
 
The Liverpool project is now open to bidding in The European Journal, with the preferred supplier being required to be able to install telecommunications equipment, computers and information processing technology.
 
"Building Schools for the Future is a once in a generation opportunity, and I'm delighted the government has given our plans the go ahead,” said Warren Bradley, Liverpool City's Council leader. “It's great news for Liverpool and paves the way for us to transform education at every secondary school in the city."
 
The new investment follows Liverpool's win in wave two of BSF, which includes the overhaul of six secondary schools under a previous funding round. Work for wave two is due to finish next year. Liverpool Direct, the largest public-private partnership of its kind in the UK and 80% owned by BT, is providing technical and ICT support for the wave two schools.