Decision details

The Director, Finance and Digital Services advised Members of the receipt of funding from Welsh Government as part of the Hwb transformation programme for improving the use of digital technology for teaching and learning in schools.

The Director spoke of the decision of the Welsh Government to deliver funding across all of Wales to support all schools to achieve a minimum level of ICT standards and consistency as part of a proposed 3 to 4 year programme. Members learned that the funding had been set at £50million in 2019/20 across Wales and the Director was pleased to advise that the funding had been confirmed as £3.99M for RCT for the year 2019/20.

The Deputy Leader thanked the Director for the report and welcomed the additional funding for RCT.

It was RESOLVED:

1.     To acknowledge the receipt of£3.99 million funding for financial year 2019/20 from the Welsh Government; and

2.     To approve the approach outlined in Section 6 of the report.