A cheque in the form of a voucher worth 200 euros will be provided for each pupil, student, who falls under specific income and social criteria. the purose of the voucher is for the purchase of technological equipment (tablet, laptop, desktop) in order to enhance e-learning. Providing a new program amounting to 112 million euros The Ministries of Finance, Development & Investment, Education & Religion, Labor & Social Affairs and Digital Governance are operating.
Who is entitled.
The estimated number of beneficiaries amounts to approximately 325,000 families with 560,000 young people aged 4 to 24 years. Beneficiaries will be all families with an equivalent family income of up to 6,000 euros, ie all families that are beneficiaries of the OPEC child allowance in the first income category. Equivalent family income is defined based on the annual family income, the number of children per family and whether a family is single-parent or not.
This program is part of our overall strategy for the digital transformation in education, which includes significant investments for the radical upgrade of public networks and information systems, the strengthening of the technological equipment of all educational structures and the upgrading of their connection with the internet, training programs for teachers and trainers for the use of digital educational tools, and the creation of extensive digital educational material in the context of the reform of curricula. Participation in the digital transformation of education must concern every young man and woman.
In fact, as mentioned, the Ministry of Education and Religion is launching the enactment of a Law on the specific program, according to which its implementation will be undertaken by the “Information Society SA”, which will develop a specialized platform. “.
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