Laptops and tablets for teachers in Darmstadt

• ofJens Joachim

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However, the 1000 new devices that have been delivered first have to be configured in the media center of the city of Darmstadt, so that they will not be given to the teachers until the summer.

For two and a half decades, teachers in Hessen have been using their private computers almost exclusively to prepare for lessons. On Monday the country started using them Tablets and Laptops equip. The first two of 1000 devices to date were presented symbolically to a teacher of the Heinrich Emanuel Merck School in Darmstadt.

State of Hessen is providing 50 million euros for laptops and tablets

For the equipment of the schools With mobile devices, a total of 50 million euros would be available, twelve million of which from the Hessian special fund, said Digital Minister Kristina Sinemus (CDU), who only attended the event digitally as a precaution due to a warning via the Corona warning app.

According to Minister Lorz, the state wants to purchase around 73,000 devices through the respective school authorities – that is, the independent cities and districts – with the support of the municipal IT service provider Ekom 21.

Minister Lorz: “Not exactly the avant-garde in digitization”

Sinemus said the equipment should be made available to the teachers “as soon as possible”. At least in Darmstadt however, this will take another four months. Head of the school department, Reisser, said that the devices would first have to be configured in the city’s media center.

It is intended that the first 1000 Laptops and Tablet-Computer as well as 800 other devices to be handed over to the teachers by the summer vacation. In addition, another 100 devices were ordered; the additional requirement was only determined later. When asked, Lorz admitted on the subject digitalization “Not exactly being the avant-garde”.

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