Angela Smith, the country's education minister, unveiled the financial package this week aimed at special education, school dinners, school maintenance and the development of shared services.
Special education received 3.5m in additional funding to relieve pressure on the service. Another 2.5m will go to the drive improve school meals and 2.5m towards maintenance.
The department has released 2.5m from the education budget and 10m comes from other government departments.
More than 45,000 desks lie empty in the country's schools and pupil numbers are predicted to fall by a further 37,500 over the next decade, with the problem particularly acute in the Greater Belfast area.
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