Rollout of fast internet for schools completed

<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">The project to provide fast internet to schools is complete&comma; says education minister Hekia Parata&comma; with a total of 2&comma;431 schools throughout New Zealand now hooked up to high speed&comma; Crown-funded internet&period;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;This is about providing schools and students across New Zealand with access to the vast world of learning resources available online&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">Ms Parata says the &dollar;211 million project&comma; carried out by N4L Managed Network&comma; was very successful&comma; and complete &&num;8220&semi;ahead of schedule and within budget&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’d like to acknowledge the N4L team who embraced the project with passion and commitment&comma; and were very responsive to the needs of individual schools&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Young people today are globally connected like never before&comma; and it’s important we equip them to become confident&comma; connected&comma; lifelong learners&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">N4L’s focus will now turn to enhancing services and developing new platforms to help schools make the most of their digital connections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;