Education Minister Evarist Bartolo announced today that as many as 12,000 educators will benefit from free Office 365 ProPlus software through an agreement the government signed with Microsoft. Those eligible are in teaching grades of all State, Church and independent schools, Mcast, Higher Secondary and Gozo’s Sixth Form.

Moreover, all eligible participants are allowed to sync up to four different devices – PCs, laptops, tablets and Smartphones.

Through this agreement, teachers can access the same software as that of their students which will help enhance the teaching experience, Mr Bartolo said.

Also present for the news conference this morning, held at St Dorothy’s School in Zebbug, were Parliamentary Secretary Jose Herrera, MITA, Microsoft Malta, and MUT representatives.