Connectivity and Learning Systems

Providing and maintaining broadband connectivity and access to the National Education Network for every school by 2006.

Work towards implementing the specifications for network services (as developed by Becta). These include: caching and content delivery; authentication (single sign-on), network security, video-conferencing.

Provide a personalised learning space, with the potential to support e-portfolios, available to every school by 2007-2008. Local authorities must ensure availability of a learning platform with (at least) basic functionality to all their schools by spring 2008.