College graduates to help develop digital material for schools under Microsoft deal - Minister O'Keeffe
Twenty graduates of technology or teacher training college courses are to get work placement positions in Microsoft Ireland to help develop digital material for the school curriculum as part of a deal signed by the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD.
The 20 graduates, who will be based in Microsoft Ireland headquarters in Dublin, will develop digital content to support the curriculum in primary and post-primary schools.
They will work with the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) on tasks aimed at supporting the integration of information communications technology (ICT) into teaching and learning.
They will be employed under the Government's graduate back-to-work programme which allows them to retain their social welfare entitlements.
The graduate training places are among a number of key elements in the 'education alliance' agreed between Microsoft Ireland and the Department of Education and Science.
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