A laptop, travel allowance and tutoring together cost around €700 per pupil — and prevent a multiple in societal costs: the Transform method calculates €7,742 in benefits per pupil, eleven times the investment. Those who finish school participate fully in society; benefit payments, alternative programmes and care costs are avoided.
Per model neighbourhood (275 children under 15): around €94,000 in value against €8,500 in costs. Refurbished laptops also give written-off devices a meaningful second life. For municipalities one of the cheapest high-potential neighbourhood interventions. Source: Transform Zuid-Holland.