- By 1998 plans for the Grid, based on the outcomes of the
consultation, will be in the process of implementation.
- All students commencing initial teacher education in a
Scottish teacher education institution in 1999 will have reached an agreed standard of ICT
literacy when they complete their course.
- By 2002 serving teachers should generally feel confident,
and be competent to teach, using ICT within the curriculum.
- By 2002 all schools, colleges, universities, public
libraries and as many community centres as possible should be connected to the Grid
allowing all teachers, lecturers, pupils and students to have their own e-mail addresses.
- By 2002 most school-leavers should have a good understanding
of ICT based firmly on the standards outlined in curriculum guidelines including the
detailed descriptions of the IT core skill within the Higher Still Core Skills framework.
- By 2002 the UK should be a centre for excellence in the
development of networked software content for education and lifelong learning, building
upon a strong private sector educational software industry, and a world leader in the
export of learning services.
- From 2002 general administrative communications to schools
and further and higher education bodies by the SOEID and non-departmental public bodies
should largely cease to be paper-based. For example, the National Management Information
Systems Project, a joint COSLA/SOEID initiative, working in partnership with schools,
education authorities, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), and others, has taken
forward a number of developments related to the exchange of data about schools education,
with provisional targets for electronic exchange for 2002.
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