教育部决定,从2001年起用5到10年左右时间在全国中小学基本普及信息技术教育,全面实施“校校通”工程,以信息化带动教育的现代化,努力实现基础教育跨越式发展。 为此,教育部提出中小学普及信息技术教育的两个主要目标:一是开设信息技术必修课程,加快信息技术教育与其他课程的整合。2001年前,全国普通高级中学和大中城市的初级中学要开设信息技术必修课;2003年前,经济比较发达地区的初级中学开设信息技术必修课;2005年前,所有的初级中学以及城 The Ministry of Education has decided to basically popularize information technology education at primary and secondary schools nationwide for about 5 to 10 years from 2001, fully implement the “school-school communication” project, promote the modernization of education through informatization, and strive to achieve leapfrog development in basic education. To this end, the Ministry of Education put forward two main goals of popularizing information technology education in primary and secondary schools: First, to set up the required courses for information technology and speed up the integration of information technology education and other curricula. Before 2001, the country’s general high schools and junior high schools in middle and high schools should set up information technology compulsory courses; before 2003, junior high schools in economically developed regions set up information technology compulsory courses; and before 2005, all junior high schools and cities