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in iPad edited 12:47PM Every student in Edinburgh, Scotland, will receive an iPad as part of Scotlands "Edinburgh Learns for Life" initiative. Image Credit: Apple Starting in September, every student between the ages of 10 and 17 will receive their own iPad, thanks to a 17.6 million GBP ($24 million) grant rolled out via a partnership with the city of Edinburgh Councils ICT services provider CGI. Younger students will also have access to iPa...

Every school pupil from P6 to S6 in Edinburg, Scotland (the country’s capital city), will receive their own iPad as part of an ambitious and inclusive education strategy, Edinburgh Learns for Life, according to the City of Edinburgh Council. The 1:1 roll out, being carried out in partnership with the City of Edinburgh Council’s ICT services provider CGI, will start from September thanks to a £17.6m  (approximately US$24 million)boost to learning and teaching. In addition to the personal d...

FUTURE OF EDUCATION CGI supplied thousands of computing devices to teachers and students during the first wave of the pandemic Thanks to their early adoption of innovative teaching tools, some Scottish schools were already well prepared for the digital revolution, writes Nan Spowart. THE value of using digital tools to access learning has been brought to the fore due to the current pandemic, but in certain parts of Scotland the advantages had already been understood and innovative programmes ...