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e-Schools project to launch

13th May 2008

School standards across Northern Ireland are to be boosted by a new IT system, it has been reported. According to the Belfast Telegraph, some £4 million is to be spent on implementing a new technology system, which will collect and store data from the country's 1200 schools. It is believed that the new scheme, labelled the e-Schools project, which has been developed by Hewlett-Packard in conjunction with Asidua, will help in raising the standards of schooling.

Over the next five years some 721 million records will be processed on issues from attainment to attendance. Barry Mulholland, chief executive of the Western Education and Library Board, said: "This will significantly improve the quality and speed at which information on school performance is accessible resulting in better decisions, lower administration costs and the setting and monitoring of new standards in schools."

The news source stated that this is the first time that reliable data relating to Northern Ireland specifically will be made available to education stakeholders.

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