The Ultra-Fast Broadband in Schools programme

Work to support schools includes:

• The School Network Upgrade Project (SNUP)
• Establishing a Network for Learning
• National Education Network Trial Extension(NEN)
• Information and Communications Technology Professional Development (ICTPD)
• Laptops for Teachers (TELA)

The School Network Upgrade Project (SNUP)

The School Network Upgrade Project (SNUP) involves progressively upgrading internal data and electrical infrastructure in state and state-integrated schools. For more information, please visit the SNUP Project page.

Establishing a Network for Learning

The Ministry is establishing a 'Network for Learning', a dedicated online network for schools which will run over the ultra-fast broadband network infrastructure currently being rolled out across New Zealand. For more information and FAQs please visit the Network for Learning page.

National Education Network trial extension (NEN)

A 2008 National Education Network (NEN) trial that offered 23 schools high-speed access to education content and services is currently being extended to more schools.

For more information, please visit the National Education Network trial extension page.

Information and Communications Technology Professional Development (ICTPD)

Around 60 per cent of schools have completed the Ministry’s Information and Communications Technology Professional Development (ICT PD) programme and around 15% of schools are involved in any one year. The Ministry is currently looking at how we can further support the development of e-learning capability in all schools.

Laptops for Teachers and Principals (TELA)

Eighty six per cent of principals and teachers (43,000) are supplied with laptops under the Ministry’s Teachers’ Laptops (TELA) scheme.

For more information about laptops for teachers, please visit the TELA page.

For more information about laptops for principals, please visit the Laptops for principals page.