Technology distributor Clarity is to invest €1 million to support the sale of Promethean’s interactive whiteboards for classrooms.

The cash will be invested in hiring staff, extra facilities, Irish marketing campaigns and promotion of Promethean products to trade buyers.

Clarity will sell the full range of Promethean’s ActivClassroom solutions including its ActivBoard whiteboards, Learner Response Systems, ActivInspire, education software and a portfolio of accessories and spares.

Promethean said research by Futuresource showed only 20 per cent of Ireland’s 32,000 classrooms were equipped with interactive learning technologies.