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Table 8: Allocation of LC funding to departments
Total
departments
receiving IWBs
Department
received all LC
funding
Funding shared
with other
departments
Maths 103 40 63
Science 100 41 59
English 74 22 52
Other subjects 18 7 11
Figure 11: Combinations of departments receiving the LC funding
Maths only 40
Science only
41
English only
22
Other department
7
Maths and science
19
Maths and English
11
Science and English
4
Other combinations
32
Why was this department chosen to receive LC funding?
There was no consistent pattern in the reason for choosing which department
received the LC funding for new IWBs. The most common reason selected (of the
six options given) was that the curriculum in that subject area was deemed most
likely to benefit from the use of interactive whiteboards (27%). 16% of schools used
the funding to fully equip an already partially equipped department; 15% of
heads/head of ICT thought staff in that department would make best use of the
IWBs; 16% wanted to enhance an already successful department (see Figure 12).
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