Germany to spend €5bil on digital infrastructure for schools

German Chancellor Angela Merkel signs autographs as she visits the French secondary school Lycee Francais in Berlin, Germany, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke /Files

BERLIN: Germany plans to invest an extra 5bil (RM23.21bil) over the next five years to equip more than 40,000 schools and colleges with faster internet, wireless access points and tablet computers, the Education Minister said. 

The investment plan, which still needs to be agreed by Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet, is another sign that Germany is more willing to meet international calls to spend its record budget surplus on infrastructure and education.