NCTE (National Centre for Technology in Education)

School Networking

Networking is the key element in schools which will facilitate broadband being distributed throughout the school.

Funding
In June 2004, the Department for Education and Science initially wrote to schools inviting them to apply for funding towards school networking. In November 2004 , the Department announced the launch of additional funding to support school networking. In December 2004, all schools who applied for funding were notified and guidelines on how to spend this funding were included, these guidelines are included below.

Directory of Cabling and Networking Suppliers

To further support school networking the NCTE have enabled local suppliers, who are interested and capable of fulfilling the networking requirements of schools, to submit their company details for inclusion in a directory. This directory can be searched on this website by schools interested in finding a local supplier.

Networking Guidelines
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	NCTE Guidelines on Computer Networking in Schools (2004-2005) This guideline is provided for the purpose of assisting schools as they go about the process of installing new or extended computer networks.

	Requirements to be met by Cabling and Networking Suppliers to Schools (2004-2005) In order to ensure that a high quality network is provided to schools, suppliers must ensure that certain requirements are met.

	Indicative Costs for Computer Networking in schools (2004/2005) This document has been written to provide indicative costs in relation to computer networking in first level and second level schools. As building layouts and configuration vary from school to school, so will the networking costs differ between schools.

	Introduction to Computer Networking in Schools (2004-2005) This introduction document is not meant to be a comprehensive guide to all aspects of networking but rather is focused on providing schools with a basic understanding of the issues related to networking in schools.