SNP promises a digital device for every pupil in Scotland
If the SNP is re-elected to power in Scotland in May, education secretary and deputy first minister John Swinney has said that every pupil in Scotland will be given a laptop or tablet with free internet.
Speaking at the SNP Campaign conference, Swinney said: "If we are re-elected in May, the SNP will roll out a new programme to deliver into the hands of every school child in Scotland a laptop, Chromebook or tablet to use in school and at home.
"It will come with a free internet connection and full technical support. It will be updated when necessary, replaced when needed and upgraded as technology improves.
"As a child moves through their school life, it will change with them, going from the simpler devices needed at P1 to the more advanced in the senior phase of secondary.
"And, we will build in partnership with the teaching profession, the support they need to help our children as they learn on the new devices."
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