Prime Minister's keynote speech to e-Summit [19 Nov 2002]

In a keynote speech at the e-Summit the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, said that Britain has the potential to match the 19th Century industrial revolution with 'a 21st Century information revolution'.
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"Because education is the number one priority, and because we believe in opportunity for all, every Primary and every Secondary in the country will have high speed, always on access to the vast resources of the Internet. Every school will be able to benefit from the experience of The Ashcombe School in Surrey where whole classes of students now use broadband video streaming to support their foreign language GCSE work. Audio and video are combined with an interactive quiz which can be paused and replayed to cater for individual learning speeds - an exciting and effective way of improving the quality of education in our schools. Broadband access will be backed by new interactive content and support material that will be made available through the digital curriculum."

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