17Grants for expenditure in connection with programs of computer education at government schools etc.

17 Grants for expenditure in connection with programs of computer education at government schools etc.

(1) A State may, from time to time, submit for the approval of the Minister a program of computer education that is being, or is to be, provided at or in connection with government schools in the State. (2) The Minister may approve a program submitted under subsection (1) as an approved program of computer education in respect of the year 1984. (3) Nothing in this Act shall be taken to imply that a program of computer education may not be approved by the Minister under this section and also under section 36. (4) Subject to section 18, where the Minister approves a program submitted by a State as an approved program of computer education in respect of the year 1984, the Minister may authorize the payment to the State under this section, by way of financial assistance, in respect of recurrent expenditure in respect of that year in connection with the approved program provided at or in connection with government schools in that State, of such amounts as the Minister determines. (5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section on the condition that the State will ensure that an amount equal to the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in respect of recurrent expenditure in respect of the year 1984 is applied by the State for the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure in respect of that year in connection with a program approved in respect of that year that is provided at or in connection with government schools in that State.