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FEBRUARY 5 - 2014
THE RECORD
Local schools becoming Church takes new direction more connected by Belinda Cullen-Reid
by Amy Adams, Selwyn MP
I hope you all had a safe and enjoyable Christmas and New Year, whether you were able to have a few weeks holiday or a few days. With our schools now better internet access and busy welcoming students connectivity is essential back again for another to help prepare students year, I am pleased to see for living and working in that 15 new schools in the the global marketplace of Selwyn electorate have the 21st century. signed up to connect to Nationally we now have the Network for Learning 212 schools with signed Amy Adams (N4L) managed network. agreements, expected to The 15 schools are as follows: connect to the network within the next Broadfield School; Darfield School; few months. I’m excited that so many Glentunnel School; Greendale School; of our local schools here in Selwyn are Windwhistle School; Kirwee Model among them. School; Burnham School; Oaklands Through the managed network, the School; Southbridge School; Halswell Government is picking up the cost to School; West Melton School; Akaroa provide schools with safe, reliable, Area School; Dunsandel School; and fast internet with uncapped data, Hororata School and Ladbrooks School. content filtering, and network security. The managed network connects The Government has committed $211 schools via a secure data network. It million over eight years to establish will be run over the best mix of ultra- the network and provide schools with fast, rural, and remote broadband a funded connection to it. available in New Zealand. A list of all schools with signed This is of special interest to me both agreements to connect, and as the MP for Selwyn and also in my role those already connected, can as Minister for Communications and be found at: www.n4l.co.nz/ Information Technology. I believe that schoolswithsignedagreements/.
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